And then you ask their weight, and they start talking about rocks.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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Then you ask about rocks and
JESUS CHRIST MARIE, THEY’RE MINERALS!
Apparently the UK still uses stone as a step above pounds. Then again, the UK is a hot mess when it comes to units...
I know they use mph. Do they use km for distance or miles? I think they use meters for shorter distances so I've no clue.
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Yep, I'm about 13 stone 1. Which I know is about 83kg. But I have no idea how many pounds in a stone. I do know that there's about 2 and a quarter lb to a kg. Therefore I must be about 186lb.
One stone is 6,35kg or 14 liberties (that's what the lb means, right?)
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I can’t imagine a scenario where a British person actually says their salary as “pounds” rather than “grand” or just the number.
What if they want to say how much it weighs and they have an imperial units fetish?
Then we'd refer to it in Stones...
Can I get that in talents?
Wait a minute... Does the name of the currency come from payments that were not counted but weighed? Gotta check.
ETA: Oh my gosh yes, one pound sterling (currency) was originally one pound (weight) of sterling silver. I'm probably the last person to discover this, but still that's pretty cool.
If anyone is the last, it's me. Thank you.
What does ETA stand for in this context?
Edited To Add. The constant barrage of TLAs is exhausting.
I am one of the 10,000 today.
Never seen it used like that before. Usually just use Edit:
It’s weird when Reddit started shifting from ETA: “everyone’s the asshole” to exited to add.
Idk I guess it’s the kids and their new dang language and hippity hop music
Huh. I used reddit for about 12 years before switching to Lemmy last year and I don't think I ever noticed ETA. Maybe just different subs used it.
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What does TLA stand for in this context?
Three Letter Acronym
CIA = Can't Ignore Ass
FBI = For Better Income
NSA = Not Sucking Anyone
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