Re: The joy of SI Units

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:51:36 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

On 21 Oct 2024 19:33:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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Add up all those milliliters and pretty soon you have another bottle
of booze to sell.

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Make them say “millilitres” first ... if they can’t, don’t sell it to
’em ...

 
Easy.  It's pronounced "see see".

Do you notice “cl” (centilitres) being used on wine bottles?

Here’s another use for them: car fuel economy is commonly quoted in litres
per 100 km. But you could use cl/km instead, and keep exactly the same
numbers.