Re: Re: cwt

[Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>]

> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 23:22:41 -0400
> From: Garry Archer <archer@hsi.com>
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re:  cwt
> 
>       The hundredweight (the 'c' in cwt is Roman for 100) is and always
> has been 112 pounds in Britain... and others may correct me if I'm wrong,
> but I believe its the same in most places around the world.
> 
> Of course, Americans have been trying to redefine the English language

Hmmm.  Kinda like a baker's dozen or a guinea, ah?