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Marc F.

Marc F.

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I like to read this forum very much! Thank you to all the people who run this magnificent website.
But as an Euro, I sometimes have difficulty with metric vs. imperial.

My question is: what does # mean in the imperial scale?
Example: "I used 4# of honey". What does it mean?
 
I suspect it's a shortcut developed by people who have to type with their thumbs... I don't use it... (of course, my cellphone's about the same relative age as my car)
 
kudapucat said:
American language logic is very different, but just as obtuse as Brittish language logic. We Aussies have bastardised it even further.
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As have the kiwi's, South Africans, Irish, Scots, etc etc.

Its just who's closest to each other when it comes to slang, abbreviations and the like.

Just that its only the patronising gits who run the US tv stations who think that they need to provide translations from Geordie or Scots accents.....

At least Marc has justification for the confusion......
 
You guys are right. the # symbol refers to pounds. According to Google; 3# of honey is roughly equivalent to 1.36 Kilograms.

Anecdote: When I was watching The Royal Wedding on the TV one of the British announcers was making fun of the word "Garage", which is where we park our cars.

Another one: Don't be too offended by the subtitles. I was watching Moonshiners last night and we have subtitles for our own people... However they are much needed in that case.
 
Thank you, everyone!
Sometimes I wish the whole world would just work in metrics.
But the best recipes I've seen are mostly Imperial measurements, so it's back to the calculator.:)
 
I tend to make good use of google for conversions, particularly US gallons and cups in to litres and imperial gallons...
Why the US have to have a system different to both metric AND imperial is beyond me ;)
 
It's because you Brit's changed the standard pint to an imperial pint with the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 before that and American pint and a British pint were the same, so don't blame us :-)
 
JayH said:
It's because you Brit's changed the standard pint to an imperial pint with the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 before that and American pint and a British pint were the same, so don't blame us :-)
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Nah....that was just "standardisation"..... you lot have always been short measuring, using excuses like free market or constitutional rights or stuff like that ;)
 
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