[avree]

Surely writing 374 lbs is easier than 26st 10lb.

[tredre3]

And 1.125lbs is easier to write than 1 pound 2 ounces, yet Americans will look at you with a blank stare if you don't use ounces.

When it comes to units, you can't please everybody. Especially if it's tangentially related to the old colonies.

[anonym29]

people love to take potshots about how Americans don't know the metric system, but we love our 9mm's and a few grams

[julianlam]

What an Americentric point of view.

Not everybody measures weight in pounds, and to the primary readership of the BBC, stones and kilograms mean much more than weighing pounds.

Source: Canadian who understands neither kg or stones.

[release-object]

The 2nd number immediately means something to me. While I have to consider the first. From my perspective it isn’t easier to comprehend.

An unrelated point. I’ve noticed more people in the UK measuring their weight in KG. I think I may be in a dwindling minority of people who think in stones and pounds.

[pfannkuchen]

Isn’t stones/pounds just like feet/inches? Do you support dropping feet and only using inches? If not, why not?

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

I have no clue, give me kg thanks.