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Re:Gimli Glider by coldpie on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:10AM (#13211430)
> the reason I call them 'French units' is because the name 'metric' privileges them

I guess, but for what it's worth, I've never heard that before. It's a poor way to communicate, if communication is your goal.

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Re:Gimli Glider by grkvlt on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:53PM (#13217044)
And really they are SI units, the 'International System of Units', which may or may not 'privilege' them, but is certainly both correct and normal usage.
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