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The rest of the world uses the metric system, but imperial measurements are on another level. Where did the 'Z' in ounces come from? And how does "pounds" turn …
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The U.S. has screwed everthying up even the English language.
Beautiful man!
sound like your accommodating for something small in your body...
the lbs. is an abbreviation of the latin word
If Lbs stands for the Latin word libra which stands for Pounds then Lbs actually does not mean Pound but Libras.
I say America we rebelled against the king. I don't give a cricketthe size of the kings ft
Metric. Just move decimals
US uses metric for meds (mg) and for large sodas, 2L.<br><br>Also, LB is from latin - "Libra Pondo". Pounds in portuguese is "libras"
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we have converted from the imperial system decades ago to the metric system but one imperial measurement that is stll remains is height in feet and inches . It still easier to understand someone's height like that rather than metres and centimeters
I cant stand him<br>Condescending a hole
lbs is for latin "libra" we use them in Spanish sometimes. However, you can say that using the germanic word and the latin abbreviation is fucking random... and it is.
LBS was from the ROMAN/LATIN "LIBRE"... and as England was one of the LAST places to inch away from the Roman empire, they KEPT the LIBRA/E for a pound and they transferred it to us unimaginative Americans
The imperial system is already responsible for some freak aviation incidents and accidents because of wrong fuel measurement.<br>The official measuring system in aviation is metric, but the imperial units are still accepted and some are still used everywhere for altitude and speed.
Lbs is an abbreviation for Libra which is a Latin word for scales.
That’s because the english language is s t u p i d. Someone made the spelling up and nobody questioned it. We will change it by ourselves. Let there b no such thing az misspelled. Autocorrect is now a noocentz 2 me 😂
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I remember when we (in my Caribbean country) switched from imperial to metric and were being taught the calculations at school. This was the late 70s.
English is my second language, so I always just assumed that the abbreviation for pounds (lbs) came from "libras" (pounds in spanish)
Rather deal with metric
It always gets under my skin when the rest of the world shits on the U.S. for using things the rest of the world came up with. I get it, the U.S. didnt switch when metric came around, but LB came from the Romans " Libra pondo" the English shortened it to pound but kept the abbeiviation.<br><br>Oz was the Italians fault as they took the Roman Uncia and essentially replace it with Onza. <br><br>History lesson for the day.😂
Canada and england both use miles england uses mph and lb comes from libra as in the scales
Okayy I'm not alone!! 😂
Trevor should know, since he is a polyglot, that Latin for "pounds" is "Libras". Italian for "ounce" is "onza"<br>English is a bastard language.
Just 3 country·s still use imperial : Liberia , Myan-mar and USA ! The rest of the world got civilised !!!!
Libra Ponda (lb) combination of Latin and Roman <br>Onza (oz) Italian
Entertaining , Engaging as well as sharing knowledge. Of course dude is a Great comedian.
me over here going "Onza" and "Libras", imagining getting yelled at by Trevor for autisming his jokes lmao<br>I have my own fun.
American channels compare with football fields, how big is the biggest us navy carrier is, its size of 3 football fields 😅😅
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We got our (American) measurements from the British, who also say things like "she weighs 12 stone." Which is not a thing in America.
I JUST watched a video explaining lbs. Links to the scales in Libra. Like WOW....
I will defend our use of Fahrenheit to the death. No one cares how the outside temperature feels to water.
True to raas!😂😂❤🤣🤣🤣
Libras
What about the height 😂...how tall are you 5,6 and 3/4 😂😅😂 mathematical equation
The "load of bullshit" got me! 😂😂😂
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I agree Noah! There is an SNL skit that addresses this!
"Lotta Bullshit" I agree!
lbs = libras <br>oz = onza
When I was a child, my grandparents would sometimes give us £1 between the three of us. That was 6/8 (6 shillings 8 pence) each. There would have been an almighty fight if we had been using metric then.
Lbs = libras in Spanish, which makes a lot of sense 😂 and Oz= onzas in spanish, which makes the imperial system a Spanish system lol
punchline down to the very last second (s)
I am from Europe and ‘a lot of BS’ is why I know the abbreviation of USA pounds.
The US uses the imperial system despite everyone else being practical and logical because the US is "special" and everyone else just doesn't get it. The moment you have to add two numbers in the imperial system, it's game over. You want to jump off a bridge instead, to cut the suffering.
I was surprised to learn that the Isle of Man uses the imperial system. I’m from Missouri, we’re notoriously well educated. Also less teeth. Anyway I moved away for more sophistication. Florida. I was getting drunk with some old buggers in south Florida and they told me all about it. From what I leaned, Americans are stupid but we also share something with the oldest parliament in the world so that’s a win
Imperial system is the dumbewst <a href="http://system.to/">system.to</a> ever exist how some countries still use it is beyond me
Lol. <br>This is why germans build better stuff. When bigger is always better, the precision suffers..<br><br>Btw. The base of the great pyramid capstone was 1x1m. <br>It has now been filed off
LBS=lotta bullsh*t🤣
just like the hotter is gets the lower the number gets 🤣 <br>"Its 100℃" and yall be like "aahhhh SO COLDDDD"
😲🤭😆😂😃😅😄🤣😀true talk right there 👏👏👏👏
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo Da Vinci
The U.S. doesn't really use imperial measures but rather the U.S. Customary System which is why U.S. gallons, quarts, pints and fluid ounces are different to the Imperial units and their ton is a short ton of 2000lbs where an imperial or long ton is 2240lbs. There are others too.
Spot on Trevor. I am with you on this! When I started homeschooling my children using the American syllabus...I was befuddled! Ounces..Oz and Pounds ...LBS! Did I miss something here on abbreviations? Love this!
"I mean the rest of the world" 😂😂
This reminds me of when I was in culinary school I was quite surprised to realize that Americans use the imperial system while other countries use the metric system
The US, UK and Canada doing our crazy thing of using both systems at the same time with NO CONSISTENCY. <br><br>When your bottles are measured in fluid ounces and then you turn around and the big one is in liters. WTF just use the metric system for the sake of all including yourselves.
The abbreviation “lb” (or lbs) comes straight from Latin, not from the English word pound. The key is the Roman weight unit libra, meaning balance or scales. But yea, it's stupid.
Lotta Bull Shit Lol!
If you want to confusing system of measurements, check out Canada or the UK😅
"lot of bullshit" 🤣🤣🤣
Facts.😂
Imperial came from Europeans...just like "soccer" did and the mm/dd/yyyy date format. Then Americans started inventing crap using those things and then the Europeans, the "brits" mainly, decided "nah we're gonna change to something else". Canada does a mixture of Imperial and Metric in their own way too. Americans have Imperial for home/personal use, and then in science classrooms across the country and in science fields it's all metric.
We have oz and we have fl oz (fluid ounces) because somehow having a separate measurement name for liquids like grams and liters, just didn’t make sense to someone in the past… “Well we have ounces for weighing dry things… so um… wet ounces?”
Pounds in Spanish is libras so maybe that's where it came from, IDK
Fortunately, science in the US uses metric system. I worked in specialty chemical manufacturing so we were constantly converting back and forth between the two systems depending on the company you were working with. It is a bit crazy.
Trevor I think you mean the Global Majority 🌎🌍 uses metric
The abbreviation "oz" comes from the old Italian word onza.
I worked in a deli for years and I noticed that quite a few people who recently immigrated to our area would pronounce it “libs” lol “can I get two libs of salad” etc lol can’t blame them
Hey I’m American and it’s the only system I know
My initials are LB and I’m ready to switch to metric 😂
Want to induce seizure in an American? Just show them a metric scale. 😅
lbs`s lifes matter
When we were little, sister called LBS-illables…rhymes with syllables
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The unit is descended from the Roman libra (hence the symbol lb, descended from the scribal abbreviation, ℔). The English word pound comes from the Roman libra pondo ('the weight measured in libra').
Good stuff!!😂❤
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