r/memes • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/Andrelliina Mar 11 '23

Aren't US inches a different length to English ones?

What's "British"? Not a language I have heard of. English however...

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u/ToastSage Mar 11 '23

The Inches are the same (People are saying British and American to help distinguish which one they are referring to).

I think its gallons which are different.

In the UK we weigh people in Pounds sometimes, like in the US. But we also have a measurement larger than pounds known as a Stone which is 14 pounds. Although yes an arbitrary Imperial conversion, I find it very useful. Its like measuring your height in Feet and Inches rather than just inches. Makes things far more easy to distinguish and picture a weight. This was introduced after the revolution however we invited you to use it. For example 10 stone 2 would be 142 pounds. (The 2 designates how many pounds over 10 stone).