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Subject: Re: Household Algebra
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 21:32:10 -0000 (UTC)
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Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <hpa73jpn0dt2g9af59opljsisqia49pcvt@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
> (Tim Merrigan) wrote:
> 
>> 
>> <evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
> 
> And a pound sterling apparently originally meant a pound weight of silver
> coins called sterlings.
> 

I always thought it was a pound of sterling silver.

Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman
soldier.

Therefore it's  a metric unit, the kilopace.

Pt