Comment on Hand cranked and twisted

somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Its 15.25/lb, and you know it.

  LB stands for Libra Pondo. Its a latin relic from the Roman empire meaning pound by weight.

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  • BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I did not know the second part. TIL

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In general, if there’s an abbreviation that doesn’t make sense given the English word, Latin being involved is a good guess.

      Like the elements on the periodic table that have symbols completely different from their name, like Au, Ag, Pb, Sn, K are all from the Latin name for those elements.

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  • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Huh, now I’m wondering why I never wondered where the abbreviation came from.

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• pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve never seen pd in my life. Wtf are you talking about

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