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Originally Posted by oojay
Ive got a question for you brits, how did the monetary unit of "pounds" come into use? Did that amount of money used to weigh a "pound" (which would be odd considering you use the metric system)? Im too lazy to google it.
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well they use it now. They didn't always, thats where we get it from. Unles you mean its odd they still call it the pound.