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"pounds" and "lbs"
Short question: Why is the weight unit "pounds" spelled "lbs"?
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[/nq] "lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs". BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation.
- [/nq] "lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound".
- The modern plural is "lbs".
- BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation.
- The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S".
- ;-) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]Short question: Why is the weight unit "pounds" spelled "lbs"?[/nq]
"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs". BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation. The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S". ;-)
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs". BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation. The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S". ;-)
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:2]Short question: Why is the weight unit "pounds" spelled "lbs"?[/nq]
[nq:1]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs". BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation. The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S". ;-) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan[/nq]
Brit currency was known as LSD -
Librium - Latin - Gold coin
Sesterce - Lat
[nq:1]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs". BTW "lbs" isn't the spelling of the word, it's the abbreviation. The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S". ;-) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan[/nq]
Brit currency was known as LSD -
Librium - Latin - Gold coin
Sesterce - Lat
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[nq:2]Short question: Why is the weight unit "pounds" spelled "lbs"?[/nq]
[nq:1]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs".[/nq]
Aha, ok. So the appended 's' of "lbs" is due to the same rule that appends an s to the plural form of "house"? If "lb" is short for "librum", wouldn't a plural form of it be wrong? Wouldn't it be like saying "Yesterday on u
[nq:1]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs".[/nq]
Aha, ok. So the appended 's' of "lbs" is due to the same rule that appends an s to the plural form of "house"? If "lb" is short for "librum", wouldn't a plural form of it be wrong? Wouldn't it be like saying "Yesterday on u
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[nq:2]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". ... The word "pounds" is spelled "P-O-U-N-D-S". ;-) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan[/nq]
[nq:1]Brit currency was known as LSD - Librium - Latin - Gold coin Sesterce - Latin - Silver Denarius - Latin - Copper But that was before the Fab 4 made a lot of LSD singing about a different LSD -:)[/nq]
I'm sorry, but this brit currency "LSD"
[nq:1]Brit currency was known as LSD - Librium - Latin - Gold coin Sesterce - Latin - Silver Denarius - Latin - Copper But that was before the Fab 4 made a lot of LSD singing about a different LSD -:)[/nq]
I'm sorry, but this brit currency "LSD"
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[nq:2]Brit currency was known as LSD - Librium - Latin ... a lot of LSD singing about a different LSD -:)[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm sorry, but this brit currency "LSD" has what to do with the weight unit "lbs"? You lost me.[/nq]
The original pound (in about the time of Charlemagne) was the value of a pound of silver - but it was usually a gold coin (later called a sovereign).
REgards, Einde
[nq:1]I'm sorry, but this brit currency "LSD" has what to do with the weight unit "lbs"? You lost me.[/nq]
The original pound (in about the time of Charlemagne) was the value of a pound of silver - but it was usually a gold coin (later called a sovereign).
REgards, Einde
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[nq:2]"lb" is short for "librum", which is Latin for "pound". The modern plural is "lbs".[/nq]
[nq:1]Aha, ok. So the appended 's' of "lbs" is due to the same rule that appends an s to the ... "Yesterday on usenet, I used four imhos", trying to make "imhos" to be the plural form of the abbreviation "IMHO"?[/nq]
Whoever said that language was logical? It's quite common to add an "s" to an ab
[nq:1]Aha, ok. So the appended 's' of "lbs" is due to the same rule that appends an s to the ... "Yesterday on usenet, I used four imhos", trying to make "imhos" to be the plural form of the abbreviation "IMHO"?[/nq]
Whoever said that language was logical? It's quite common to add an "s" to an ab
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