quote "A large number of Americans have German ancestors. More than 25% of U.S. Americans are either completely or partly of German descent. There was even some talk after the War of Independence about whether English or German should be the national language! '
". In 1902, proposed congressional legislation requiring the U.S. Government to use the metric system exclusively was defeated by a single vote. "
Hmm wonder what a German speaking Metric US would be like ,