superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-28 months agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down117
arrow-up1594arrow-down1external-linkMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months 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-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoSure, but the joke is skele-ton
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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”?