superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down117
arrow-up1605arrow-down1external-linkMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWell a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowhere’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton
where’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?