[az_gila]

“A pint’s a pound, the world around.” There, problem solved.

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Whoever came up with that has obviously never bought a 20 oz pint of beer in England...:^)

[az_gila]

This affects the US directly too.

Guess what our pound mass is referenced to?

The United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations agreed upon common definitions for the pound and the yard. Since 1 July 1959, the international avoirdupois pound has been defined as exactly 0.45359237 kg.