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[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

I think it's written 'tonne'. And you should call it metric tonne if it's not clear from the context.

Wikipedia says:

The tonne is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units) and the long ton (British imperial units). The official SI unit is the megagram (symbol: Mg), a less common way to express the same amount.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne

So yes, you can call it a megagramme and you'd be right. But we european people also sometimes do silly stuff and colloquially use wrong things. For example we also say it's 20 degrees celsius outside. And that's not the proper SI unit either. But that's kinda another topic.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For example we also say it's 20 degrees celsius outside. And that's not the proper SI unit either

Can you elaborate on this? As an American without much experience with the SI system, I wouldn't think twice if someone said this to me

[–] Krukenberg@feddit.ch 13 points 1 year ago

The SI unit for temperature is Kelvin

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