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On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:34:20 +0100, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

> “A litter” is several kittens, after a cat has given birth. Just write
> “litre,”
> it’s the same as in French and is valid English.

Some time in the distant future the US may switch to the metric system but 
'litre', 'metre', and so forth probably will never happen. We don't have 
'tyres' either nor do we throw a useless 'u' into words.