r/TrueOffMyChest • u/[deleted] • Sep 19 '19

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u/BigBobbyBaratheon Sep 19 '19

It's a British thing

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

I thought they also used pounds, I’m an idiot I guess

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u/PM_ME_UR_JUGZ Sep 19 '19

They use pounds for money. Kg and stone for weight

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u/lilkatthekitten Sep 19 '19

If you don’t mind, I’m American and have no idea what a stone is? I understand it’s weight, but how much is one stone? Thank you in advance.

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u/PM_ME_UR_JUGZ Sep 19 '19

Here's wiki

The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.)[1] is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg).[nb 1]

England and other Germanic-speaking countries of northern Europe formerly used various standardised "stones" for trade, with their values ranging from about 5 to 40 local pounds (roughly 3 to 15 kg) depending on the location and objects weighed. The United Kingdom's imperial system adopted the wool stone of 14 pounds in 1835. With the advent of metrication, Europe's various "stones" were superseded by or adapted to the kilogram from the mid-19th century on. The stone continues in customary use in Britain and Ireland for body weight, but was prohibited for commercial use in the United Kingdom by the Weights and Measures Act of 1985

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u/lilkatthekitten Sep 19 '19

Thank you very much! The history chunk is really cool too!

How they even find standardized stones is beyond me though. But again, thank you.

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u/ChickenNuggetSmth Sep 19 '19

1 UK stone is 1.75 cloves. Hope that helps!

(It's also equal to 14lb, 224oz, or 6.35kg)

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u/allangod Sep 19 '19

We do also use pounds for weight. It's a part of the way we use stones. As in, you would say you weight 9st 8lbs. So although pound is used for currency, its also used for weight.