> Of David King
>I wonder how many people in the UK (and in the USA)
>have the same problems, in not really understanding
>imperial units but just repeating what they heard,
> such as a person weighed so many stones, etc.

I am in the UK. I can quote my approximate weight in stones (I only ever use
half stone resolution) and in kg (I use 5 kg and 1 kg resolution). I never
convert between the two. It is possible that the two values that I can quote
are actually different weights. I never quote my weight in pounds and have
no feeling for weights described like that.

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