I’ve learned about them in school, but I’ve never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I’m an American.

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    In Italy we use hectograms (“ettogrammi”, “etti” for short) in day to day life when buying groceries. You don’t ask for 200 grams of ham, you just ask for 2 etti.

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      1 year ago

      Thinking how I always order deli meat in units of 100 grams, feels dumb we don’t do that in Canada too

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        Yeah I don’t think it’s very common elsewhere. Right over the border with France they were already saying “200 grams de jambon”.

        But I think it’s convenient. Small number make brain hurt less, brain no need to think.