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minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·5 months agoHere in yankland we frequently use k as an abbreviation for thousand.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoAye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months ago.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoImperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
Here in yankland we frequently use k as an abbreviation for thousand.
Aye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
A stone? wtf?
It’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
Imperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.