[Sca-cooks] Units of measure - stupid question

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- Daniel Myers <doc at medievalcookery.com> wrote:
> Ok, I've been looking at measuring units and
> something has started to
> bother me...
>
> Can anyone tell me why our unit of weight
> (avoirdupois) translates from
> French to something like "to have some peas"?
>
> - Doc

Actually, the last word has changed over the
centuries in French and now reads "poids" but the
English version hasn't changed.

It really should mean "to have weight".

Huette



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