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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2516086" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>Both £ and Lb are pronounced as pound. An oz is an ounce. An s was a shilling and a d was a penny - plural pence. That d is based on the ancient Roman coinage, as is the symbol £, so of course we still use it! Tradition is all. 500 gr is near enough a lb, pronouced a pound. but written as 1 lb. Lbs is the plural. Simples! Well, if you're British and been doing it all your life. So much harder for us to think in terms of grams and kilograms, although we have to these days in most shops. Here you will often hear people referring to a measurement of weight as "in old money", which only makes sense if you're British and know that nobody is talking about money at all, but about weights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2516086, member: 25851"] Both £ and Lb are pronounced as pound. An oz is an ounce. An s was a shilling and a d was a penny - plural pence. That d is based on the ancient Roman coinage, as is the symbol £, so of course we still use it! Tradition is all. 500 gr is near enough a lb, pronouced a pound. but written as 1 lb. Lbs is the plural. Simples! Well, if you're British and been doing it all your life. So much harder for us to think in terms of grams and kilograms, although we have to these days in most shops. Here you will often hear people referring to a measurement of weight as "in old money", which only makes sense if you're British and know that nobody is talking about money at all, but about weights. [/QUOTE]
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