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why is the US not Metric

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KL27x:
^Entitled to yours! Touche!


v6:
--- Quote --- Ohh, &, I forgot to add, we use the term "K" Ohms.

Most people have Electricity connected, which is charged for in kilowatt-hours. ("kiluhwatt hours") ;D
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Yeah, true. But I was thinking about common usage in daily life, the units for which in imperial we have mostly single syllable unit names. You have used up Kays and Keelos, already. But Kohm and Kwatts are fine how they are. We use all the prefixes in electronics. We need 'em all. And whadya know, Americans use these units in electronics, too.

Also, I don't speak for all Americans, but I say "K" for ohms. But I use the amount of ohms as an adjective where I am specifying the resistance. I don't buy and solder 33Killiohms. I buy and solder 33"K" resistors. So the context is automatically there. No worries.

Tepe:

--- Quote from: KL27x on December 05, 2019, 11:51:25 am ---We use all the prefixes in electronics. We need 'em all. And whadya know, Americans use these units in electronics, too.

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Yeah, you are slowly learning. Those doubly prefixed millimicrofarad (mµF) are past history now.

KL27x:

--- Quote ---Yeah, you are slowly learning. Those doubly prefixed millimicrofarad (mµF) are past history now.
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:palm: Patronizing, much? I have used metric my entire life, now. Some of you guys still aren't learning that Americans use metric every place it remotely matters! :-//

Tepe:

--- Quote from: KL27x on December 05, 2019, 12:03:14 pm ---Americans use metric every place it remotely matters!

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So do most of the rest of the world.

KL27x:

--- Quote from: Tepe on December 05, 2019, 12:07:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: KL27x on December 05, 2019, 12:03:14 pm ---Americans use metric every place it remotely matters!

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So do most of the rest of the world.

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Was that ever a point of contention? Who is accusing the metric world of not using metric where it makes a difference?

(Right there on the first couple pages of the thread is a picture of a piece of the "daily usage" algorithm utilized by some Canadians. :))

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