You will find that cloth in sewing shops is sold by the yard here in the US.
Linda
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From: Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36755] RE: Jade: I didn't know how long a mile was!
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 06:31:10 -0400 (EDT)
> I bet if you asked how many feet are in a mile, most
> would respond 5280. It
> tends to be a trivia question. At least it is in
> the US. Most people here
> know about 100 yards as it is the length of a
> (American) football field.
> Most do not know how many yards are in a mile.
I'd comment further that, in the US, the yard is
generally used for measurement in specific instances,
American football being the first one that comes to
mind and golf courses a close second. Carpeting is
usually priced by the square yard, although some
places are moving to the square foot, to make the
price appear lower.
But as a rule, Americans do not express a random
distance between two points in yards, they would
probably use feet or miles.
Stephen Gallagher
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