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coldpie on Dec 19, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gimli Glider

> the reason I call them 'French units' is because the name 'metric' privileges them

I guess, but for what it's worth, I've never heard that before. It's a poor way to communicate, if communication is your goal.

grkvlt on Dec 20, 2016 [–]

And really they are SI units, the 'International System of Units', which may or may not 'privilege' them, but is certainly both correct and normal usage.

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