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   On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:53:37 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
   >In message   
   >,   
   >rrusston@hotmail.com writes:   
   >[]   
   >> In Britain they will still refer to people,  fat people especially as   
   >>being "so many stone". And they used a lot of units we never did in   
   >>daily matters.   
   >   
   >Not just fat people - "seven stone weakling" is a not-unknown   
   >expression.   
      
   We mix our units much more than that. Take temperatures - if it is   
   near freezing we use Centigrade, when it is hot we use Fahrenheit.   
      
   >>(excluding the US and Canada) and Japan, drive on the wrong side of   
   >>the road, AS COMPARED TO_EVERYWHERE_. Sorry, but THAT is weird. The   
   >   
   >It's not the wrong side, it's the left side (-:.   
   >   
      
   UK, Australia, New Zealand, India. All left side (proper side)   
   drivers.   
      
   >>Irish would do well to switch. Boston is FAR more important to them   
   >>than London!   
   >   
   >I was about to agree with you, then I remembered that they have a land   
   >border with the UK, and not with Boston. And they're more likely to   
   >bring their car to England, too.   
      
   There are more Irish living in London than in Dublin. For most Irish   
   people England is a second home - particularly since their economy   
   went belly-up. And of course most Irish people couldn't give a toss   
   about the IRA and their pathetic games.   
      
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