--- "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have not been able to find anything on this > question.
Google 'libra pound'... [From Andrea: "Why are pounds, when used as a weight, abbreviated lbs?" The origin is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound."] http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-pou1.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
