Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoTruly inspirationallemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down119
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minus-squaregerryflap@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up89arrow-down4·10 months ago21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·10 months agoI’m impressed that it only took a quarter of a dozen fortnights.
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoStone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, “This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8”, and, “I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”.
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago“12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”, instead of saying “133.4 kilogram”. Lol. :) But the “being used to it” is always hard to overcome.
minus-squareThranduil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoActually stone is used by the brits instead of americans
21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
I’m impressed that it only took a quarter of a dozen fortnights.
Stone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, “This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8”, and, “I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”.
“12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”, instead of saying “133.4 kilogram”. Lol. :)
But the “being used to it” is always hard to overcome.
Actually stone is used by the brits instead of americans