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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 27/12/25 23:09, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   >> Before that, Celsius was most often called   
   >> Centigrade, and Hertz was kilocycles.   
   >   
   > 'Kilocycles' is an Americanism, for radio stations for example.   
      
   If I had met it here, it would have annoyed me just as much as those who   
   use "kilometres" as an abbreviation of "kilometres per second".   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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