Britain's schoolchildren grapple for years with three different and conflicting methods of measuring weight (avoirdupois, troy and apothecaries' table), three ways of measuring .
Old-time opera fans do not mind the drop in avoirdupois, but they sniff contemptuously at the comparatively microphonic murmuring that goes with it.
WINNERS LOSERS RECKONING WITH THE PAST WINNERS MISS UNIVERSE Adios, avoirdupois.