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minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down5·7 days agokilopounds. really‽
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·7 days agoHere in yankland we frequently use k as an abbreviation for thousand.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoAye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days ago.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoImperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·7 days agoAs the other comment says, 1000 is often shortened to 1k, not just in America. It comes from the Greek kilo (meaning thousand), represented by kappa, which far predates the Metric system that borrowed it later.
kilopounds. really‽
Here in yankland we frequently use k as an abbreviation for thousand.
Aye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
A stone? wtf?
It’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
Imperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
As the other comment says, 1000 is often shortened to 1k, not just in America. It comes from the Greek kilo (meaning thousand), represented by kappa, which far predates the Metric system that borrowed it later.