> She said - "we all do our own weights in> lbs so I guess that's why we do it
> for babies". >But do they really ? I thought that people in the UK tended to
> use >stones and pounds for their weight rather than just pounds.
That's correct but stones are a multiple of pounds as the 'base unit' (I've
never heard anyone express their weight down to ounces). I'm presuming that
this is how she meant it.
>The real reason they do it this way, is that they have always done it >this
>way.
I'd agree with that also.
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:27:20 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:
> [USMA:40115] Re: Hostile reactions to "speaking metric"> To:
> [email protected]> > > She said - "we all do our own weights in> > lbs so I
> guess that's why we do it for babies".> > But do they really ? I thought that
> people in the UK tended to use > stones and pounds for their weight rather
> than just pounds. [Reminder > to American readers than 1 stone is 14 pounds].
> Even though one unit is > common to both, it is effectively two different
> systems, one for adults > (using a base 14) and one for children (using base
> 16).> > The real reason they do it this way, is that they have always done it
> > this way.> > ---------------------------------------------------------> Tom
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