I tend to use both system, having been brought up with them.
The trouble with imperial measurements is that there's no consistency with them...
16 ounces = 1 pound
14 pounds = 1 stone
8 stones = 1 cwt
20 cwt = 1 ton (I think)
12 inches to a foot
3 feet in a yard
2 yards in a fathom
1760 yards in a mile? who the hell came up with that one?
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