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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10ipnh9$3ri6c$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Peter Moylan   wrote:   
   >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".   
   >   
      
   There is a different between km and km/s or kmh   
      
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   >Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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