Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoMy BIL still gives his weight in “stone”. As in, “I’m 12 stone, 7 lbs and 3 ounces”. I joke with him that only makes sense to people who are comfortable with Pounds, Shillings and Pence, too.
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIt all makes perfect sense
My BIL still gives his weight in “stone”. As in, “I’m 12 stone, 7 lbs and 3 ounces”.
I joke with him that only makes sense to people who are comfortable with Pounds, Shillings and Pence, too.
It all makes perfect sense