BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-square77fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down120
arrow-up1405arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square@alvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink159•2 years agoA megagram is 1000 kg, by definition. It’s symbol is Mg. In metric countries, we just use the word “ton” as shorthand/slang for it, since it is an easier term and was well known. The only reason the US calls it a metric ton, is because they have archaic units (long and short tons). Metric countries don’t call it a metric ton.
minus-square@ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoCanada does, because we’re mostly metric but still do enough business with the US that we’re sorta half and half
minus-square@cbarrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoYeah, but what about the metric shit-ton?
minus-squareBarqsHasBiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•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-square@yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoThat’s because you only metricated 40y ago.
minus-square@johsny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI only use that term when I call a lot of items “a metric fuckton of stuff”
A megagram is 1000 kg, by definition. It’s symbol is Mg.
In metric countries, we just use the word “ton” as shorthand/slang for it, since it is an easier term and was well known.
The only reason the US calls it a metric ton, is because they have archaic units (long and short tons).
Metric countries don’t call it a metric ton.
Canada does, because we’re mostly metric but still do enough business with the US that we’re sorta half and half
Yeah, but what about the metric shit-ton?
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.
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I only use that term when I call a lot of items “a metric fuckton of stuff”