| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 18:57 |
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 1:36 pm, John Cowan wrote:> Christophe Grandsire scripsit: > > I know tons of > > examples of that (it's not for nothing that 1000kg has its own name as > > a "tonne" in French). > > Conveniently close to the U.K. ton of 2200 lb = ~ 998 kg.Just a point: when I say tonne, I mean 1000kg, even if people think I'm 2kg short.