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What's with all the "stone" measurements? I'm used to seeing that in historical novels, but not in modern writing. Is stone a regionally popular unit, or have

• toupeetape 11y ago
  It is unused outside of the UK and Ireland where it is still the most commonly used unit for measuring the weight of a person.
  • smacktoward 11y ago
    And Mosaic appears to be a UK-based publication: http://mosaicscience.com/about-mosaic http://mosaicscience.com/about-mosaic
  • knodi123 11y ago
    Bizarre. They managed to adopt the metric system for weights, except when measuring humans. At least that mystery is solved, though- thanks!
• rce 11y ago
  It's 14 lbs