Review Request 128595: [KUnitConversion] Add British "stone" unit of mass

[Kai Uwe Broulik]

> On Aug. 3, 2016, 10:18 nachm., David Edmundson wrote:
> > src/mass.cpp, line 268
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128595/diff/1/?file=472928#file472928line268>
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> >     one of these should be "%1 stones" (with extra 's')
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> David Jarvie wrote:
>     No, it's normally 'stone' for the plural as well.
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> David Edmundson wrote:
>     I was convinced you're wrong so I did some research and apparently it's......either!
>     It must be regional.
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>     http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stone
>     plural: stone or stones UK written abbreviation st a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms
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>     Whoever can up with this must have been stonesd.
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> David Edmundson wrote:
>     *Whoever came up with this

I only heard "stone" on British television but according to Wikipedia article linked above "stones" is also correct in some other context. Dunno then, my gut feeling would be going with what the BBC uses :P


- Kai Uwe


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On Aug. 3, 2016, 7:45 nachm., Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 3, 2016, 7:45 nachm.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks and David Edmundson.
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> Repository: kunitconversion
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> Description
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> This weird unit is pretty common in the UK and equal to 6.35029318 kg.
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> Diffs
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>   src/mass.cpp c7bf147 
>   src/unit.h e440346 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128595/diff/
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> Testing
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> This is the type of stone you use to smash display windows.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit)
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> Verified that krunner spit out the same result as Google converter did.
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> Thanks,
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> Kai Uwe Broulik
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