@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.org@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@HamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months 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.
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.