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dpilafian committed Jul 6, 2024
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These shortened common words are for casual spoken usage and make sense when written for song lyrics, novels, and screenplays.&nbsp;
These shortened common words are for casual spoken usage and make sense when written
for song lyrics, novels, and screenplays.&nbsp;
Regular text should still use correct metric units, like "5 km" and "20 ml".&nbsp;
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The word "mil" is overloaded.&nbsp;
Since a "mil" can be either a millimeter or a milliliter, the meaning needs to be determined from context.&nbsp;
Since a "mil" can be either a millimeter or a milliliter, the meaning needs to be
determined from context.&nbsp;
A better word for millimeter would be "mim", but that ship has already sailed.&nbsp;
No one is ever going to say that a Glock is a 9&nbsp;mim.&nbsp;
No one is ever going to say that a GLOCK 19 (G19 9&times;19mm) is a
9&nbsp;mim.&nbsp;
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Never use the lesser known in-between unit terms, like hectometer, centiliter, or decagram, as they are useless.&nbsp;
There's no reason to be poetic about it &mdash; only a moron would say "3 decagrams" instead of "30 grams".&nbsp;
Never use the lesser known in-between unit terms, like hectometer, centiliter, or
decagram, as they are useless.&nbsp;
There's no reason to be poetic about it &mdash; only a moron would say "3 decagrams"
instead of "30 grams".&nbsp;
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Avoid the Latin gibberish of the extreme prefixes except in scientific domains.&nbsp;
For example, write "90,000 km" instead of "90 Mm".&nbsp; Or even use exponents, such as "3 &times; 10<sup>21</sup> m" instead of "3 Zm".&nbsp;
Avoid the Latin gibberish of the extreme prefixes except in scientific
domains.&nbsp;
For example, write "90,000 km" instead of "90 Mm".&nbsp; Or even use exponents, such
as "3 &times; 10<sup>21</sup> m" instead of "3 Zm".&nbsp;
A zettameter is Greek to everyone (except the Greeks).&nbsp;
Seriously, exactly ZERO normal people are going to memorize even a quarter of this prefix gibberish:<br>
Seriously, exactly ZERO normal people are going to memorize even a quarter of this
prefix gibberish:<br>
{% render 'src/templates/prefix-gibberish.html' %}
<i>quetta (Q) 10<sup>30</sup>, ronna (R) 10<sup>27</sup>, yotta (Y) 10<sup>24</sup>, zetta (Z) 10<sup>21</sup>, exa (E) 10<sup>18</sup>, peta (P) 10<sup>15</sup>, tera (T) 10<sup>12</sup>, giga (G) 10<sup>9</sup>, mega (M) 10<sup>6</sup>, kilo (k) 10<sup>3</sup>, hecto (h) 10<sup>2</sup>, deka (d) 10<sup>-1</sup>, centi (c) 10<sup>-2</sup>, milli (m) 10<sup>-3</sup>, micro (μ) 10<sup>-6</sup>, nano (n) 10<sup>-9</sup>, pico (p) 10<sup>-12</sup>, femto (f) 10<sup>-15</sup>, atto (a) 10<sup>-18</sup>, zepto (z) 10<sup>-21</sup>, yocto (y) 10<sup>-24</sup>, ronto (r) 10<sup>-27</sup>,</i> and <i>quecto (q) 10<sup>-30</sup></i>
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Variety is the spice of life.&nbsp;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -94,7 +101,8 @@ <h2>Klicks of Inspiration</h2>
<cite>A Pragmatic Person</cite>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
"My path has not been determined.&nbsp; I shall have more experiences and pass many more klickstones."
"My path has not been determined.&nbsp; I shall have more experiences and pass many
more klickstones."
<cite>Agnetha Fältskog in the future</cite>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
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Trying to rhyme and rhythm with "centimeter" would paralyze even the greatest poet.&nbsp;
On the other hand, "cem" pairs up nicely with a variety of other words, like gem, stem,
them, item, hem, and mayhem.
them, item, hem, and mayhem.&nbsp;
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<i>You may not be a poet of metric, but you know these easy common words are indeed
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