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Blogging Teaches Patience. Let Me Count (a Few of) the Ways

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By PatrickOctober 20, 20263 Mins Read

We abbreviate ‘pound’ and ‘ounce’ with letters that aren’t in the words they stand for because of one archaic term and one foreign word.

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