<P> The stone remains widely used in the UK and Ireland for human body weight : in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh , e.g. , `` 11 stone 4 '' ( 11 stones and 4 pounds ) , rather than `` 72 kilograms '' as in many other countries , or `` 158 pounds '' ( the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US ) . The correct plural form of stone in this context is stone ( as in , `` 11 stone '' or `` 12 stone 6 pounds '' ) ; in other contexts , the correct plural is stones ( as in , `` Please enter your weight in stones and pounds '' ) . In Australia and New Zealand , metrication has almost entirely displaced stone and pounds since the 1970s . </P>
<P> The stone remains widely used in the UK and Ireland for human body weight : in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh , e.g. , `` 11 stone 4 '' ( 11 stones and 4 pounds ) , rather than `` 72 kilograms '' as in many other countries , or `` 158 pounds '' ( the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US ) . The correct plural form of stone in this context is stone ( as in , `` 11 stone '' or `` 12 stone 6 pounds '' ) ; in other contexts , the correct plural is stones ( as in , `` Please enter your weight in stones and pounds '' ) . In Australia and New Zealand , metrication has almost entirely displaced stone and pounds since the 1970s . </P>
what do the british use to measure weight
what do the british use to measure weight
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