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Gobstoppers12
04/10/22 2:04:44 AM
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Why do British people use pounds as their currency but not as their weight measurement?

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PMarth2002
04/10/22 2:38:03 AM
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They've been using the pound sterling literally since 800AD or so.

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Flauros
04/10/22 2:43:04 AM
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Do bri*ish people have feet or do they have "0.3048 meters"?

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UnholyMudcrab
04/10/22 2:46:06 AM
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I'm pretty sure they use the stone sterling for weight

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Tyranthraxus
04/10/22 2:49:45 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Why do British people use pounds as their currency but not as their weight measurement?

You know kilos aren't a measure of weight right?

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Gobstoppers12
04/10/22 2:52:59 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
You know kilos aren't a measure of weight right?
Semantics, whatever. Mass, weight, same thing as long as you're on Earth.

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Tyranthraxus
04/10/22 3:13:38 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Semantics, whatever. Mass, weight, same thing as long as you're on Earth.

If you're going to create a topic on a foundation of asinine physics based nomenclature then I'm going to argue in asinine physics based nomenclature.

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teep_
04/10/22 3:30:36 AM
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British people do use pounds (and stone) as measurement...?

They just use kg too

Source: I lived in London for 13 years

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spikethedevil
04/10/22 3:34:55 AM
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teep_ posted...
British people do use pounds (and stone) as measurement...?

They just use kg too

Source: I lived in London for 13 years


Yeah we use stone to weigh ourselves for some reason.

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Glob
04/10/22 3:56:35 AM
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teep_ posted...
British people do use pounds (and stone) as measurement...?

They just use kg too

Source: I lived in London for 13 years

Yeah, we're a bit weird. It depends what we're measuring.

How tall is a person? Feet and inches.
How tall is a door frame? Metres.
How much do you weigh? Stone and pounds
How much do you weigh in a discussion about sport? Kilograms

It's all over the place.
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spikethedevil
04/10/22 3:57:38 AM
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Glob posted...
Yeah, we're a bit weird. It depends what we're measuring.

How tall is a person? Feet and inches.
How tall is a door frame? Metres.
How much do you weigh? Stone and pounds
How much do you weigh in a discussion about sport? Kilograms

It's all over the place.

This. I wish we would just use Metric for everything.

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