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On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:41:06 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 23:45:29 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com>
> wrote:
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>>We don't have that distinction. That is one of the reasons that I try to
>>convince people that the scales they use to measure their weight should
>>be called kilometers. Up till now with very minor success.
>
> I'm not surprised using length to measure mass, or am I missing
> something?
Kilo = abbreviation of kilogram (as Andrel said), but the funnier part is
if you read "meter" not as a distance, but rather a device for measuring
something (think water meter or gas meter).
Jim
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