Re: Numbers in Qthen|gai (and in Tyl Sjok) [long]

Herman Miller wrote:

> Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
>> (OTOH, I don't think I've ever heard myria- or deka- being used, and
>> hecto- only in hectopascals (merely a modernisation of the old
>> millibar) and hectares. In Oz, centi-'s only used in centimetres (that
>> I can think of), and deci- isn't used at all, excepting, of course, in
>> European imports.)
>
>
> What about decibels?

Hectares and decibels are so rarely if ever used without those prefixes
that I mostly forget they *are* normal metric prefixes+measurement,
seeming more like tons* than kilograms (and in fact, decibel is often
pronounced as one inseperable word, /des@b@l/). Yes, decibels are used.

* Being here 1000 kg and not 20 hundredweight, whoever's hundredweights
your using.

--
Tristan.

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