A few days ago
Pounds but not stone?
Americans love to make fun of the British and their “crazy” metic system.
However, they do use it for certain things, mainly miles, for their road signs, and when measuring their weight on scales.
My question is this, why do Americans only use pounds when measuring weight and not stone as well.
1 Stone is 14 pounds, so
for example I am 149 lbs. But I would say I’m 10st 7lbs.
So why don’t Americans use stone even though it is an Imperial measurment?
Top 8 Answers
A few days ago
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we come from stubborn convicts kicked out of the UK and to us pound and stone go with Paula Pundstone a comedienne and we just like to do it our way, some would call it lazy but like the aussies I think its just our way mate
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A few days ago
I though UK would be metric by now.
And only America remains backdated as compared with the rest of the World.
Us still has measures in feet and inches and lbs …
rest of the World calculation is easy in metric.
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A few days ago
i might add metric is not a brit system but a bloody european directive i like most older brits use imperial and metric it gets confusing scales have kilos pounds and stones on the dial
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A few days ago
Because scales have dials on them and the dials are marked in pounds.
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A few days ago
b.c to us stones is outdated. we use metric for our cars speedometer and soda/water bottles. and science. but not for mesuring height. and we want to be different thats why we have a different mesurement.
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A few days ago
What’s “Imperial?” Words like that make me nervous.
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A few days ago
b/c i dont want 2 measured or compared to as a stone thank u.
j/k 😉 i really dont know.
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A few days ago
That’s because Americans do whatever they feel like.
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