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09-16-2010, 01:31 PM
(09-16-2010, 06:21 AM)Klaus Wrote: but it's still a "kilo"-gram

Well, if it makes you feel better about this, there was a (short) time when they used the word 'grave' for it. However, the (post-revolutionary) French saw too much association with the German aristocratic title 'Graf', and decided to switch to 'kilogramme', since they already had the 'gramme'.
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How to save billions of dollars. - by kandrathe - 09-10-2010, 12:05 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-10-2010, 12:30 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Taelas - 09-10-2010, 06:27 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Taelas - 09-10-2010, 12:54 PM
Metrify this! - by --Pete - 09-12-2010, 11:29 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Jester - 09-12-2010, 11:54 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 12:49 AM
RE: Metrify this! - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 02:19 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by weakwarrior - 09-13-2010, 02:25 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 02:29 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Kevin - 09-13-2010, 03:38 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 04:14 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Kevin - 09-13-2010, 04:24 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 06:40 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by Nystul - 09-13-2010, 05:17 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by weakwarrior - 09-13-2010, 05:23 PM
RE: Metrify this! - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 06:40 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 06:31 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 06:56 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 07:28 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-13-2010, 07:37 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 08:37 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-14-2010, 08:32 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-14-2010, 09:47 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-14-2010, 10:43 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-14-2010, 06:01 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-14-2010, 09:55 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-14-2010, 10:44 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-15-2010, 11:25 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-15-2010, 03:47 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-15-2010, 06:59 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-15-2010, 08:51 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-15-2010, 11:09 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Klaus - 09-16-2010, 06:21 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-16-2010, 06:55 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-16-2010, 11:08 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by LavCat - 09-16-2010, 08:53 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-16-2010, 09:03 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-16-2010, 01:31 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-16-2010, 12:54 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-16-2010, 02:56 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-16-2010, 03:02 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-16-2010, 03:13 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-16-2010, 03:29 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-16-2010, 03:54 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-16-2010, 03:42 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Zenda - 09-17-2010, 09:55 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-18-2010, 12:13 AM
RE: Metrify this! - by Zenda - 09-13-2010, 02:47 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Maitre - 09-10-2010, 05:02 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Jester - 09-10-2010, 06:09 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-10-2010, 10:47 PM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by Lissa - 09-11-2010, 02:11 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by DeeBye - 09-13-2010, 04:48 AM
RE: How to save billions of dollars. - by --Pete - 09-13-2010, 05:22 AM

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