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JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wood5y</span></a></span> </p><p>Like hours? (-:</p><p>78 metres/second has that whole "Whoosh! Now that tree is suddenly over there." tone that one doesn't get with hours.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/metric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/meteorology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteorology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HurricaneMilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneMilton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SIUnits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIUnits</span></a></p>
Attila Kinali<p>The only measure more ridiculous than this, that I know of, is measuring nails in pence. Yes, the price that nails had somewhen in the 18th century is the way how nail thickness and length are measured. Today. In the 21th century.</p><p>🤦‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/tags/SIunits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIunits</span></a></p>
Jeffrey Goldberg<p>Today I finally got a confusion resolved. My <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hungarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungarian</span></a> spouse would sometimes ask me to measure out a “dekagram of flour”, which I would assume meant ten grams. This was never the right amount, as she wanted 100 grams. And I would be confused. </p><p>Only today did I read a recipe myself and see, say “1 dkg liszt” (one deci-kilogram flour). It seems natural to pronounce “dkg” as “dekagram”, even though it means a different quantity of deci-kilogram.</p><p>I have no idea of whether pronouncing it “dekagram” is widespread in Hungary or is specific to my wife’s family. But I’ve never. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SIUnits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIUnits</span></a></p>
Peter Havercan 💙<p>Help me ronna, yeah!<br /><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/SIunits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SIunits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ronnagrams-metric-prefixes-voted.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ro</span><span class="invisible">nnagrams-metric-prefixes-voted.html</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p>In the balance: scientists vote on first change to <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/kilogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kilogram</span></a> in a century | <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> | The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/09/in-the-balance-scientists-vote-on-first-change-to-kilogram-in-century" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2018/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/09/in-the-balance-scientists-vote-on-first-change-to-kilogram-in-century</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Metrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Metrology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/SIUnits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SIUnits</span></a></p>