medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 20/10/2011 13:36, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> gee, J.B., the Brit site only said "pounds," so i assume that St. John (as he
> is sure to appear in our Sts& Feast postings, now that Protesters can be
> included in them) was ONE HEAVY DUDE.
>
> a veritable Gulliver, amongst us poor Liverpudians.
Ho, ho.
> so, "pound weight (avoirdupois)" implies that "lbs." [note the essential full
> stop] cannot be used for "pounds (Imperial)"?
Well, only if you can convince me that the US uses the "pound
(Imperial)" rather than the International avoirdupois pound (also
adopted by the UK in 1963. I should, of course, have said "mass" rather
than "weight", to bring us back to matters medieval.)
John Briggs
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