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That's like asking "Can I walk into a room, speak in Hebrew, and call it English ?"
You can describe a weight in terms of 'pounds'. If somebody wants to know the
weight in terms of an SI unit, then the 'pounds' can easily be converted to one.
But you can't just give him the number of 'pounds' and call it an SI unit, because
'pound' is not an SI unit and it never will be one.
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