BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down120
arrow-up1446arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoWe call it a metric tonne in Canada. There’s also short ton and long ton which have to be differentiated, but no one ever knows which one they are using.
minus-squareME5SENGER_24@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoHow to measure like a Canadian
minus-squareyA3xAKQMbq@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThat’s because you only metricated 40y ago.
We call it a metric tonne in Canada.
There’s also short ton and long ton which have to be differentiated, but no one ever knows which one they are using.
How to measure like a Canadian
That’s because you only metricated 40y ago.