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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by Svip on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:14AM (#32722570)
No one really does it any more, but "half-pound" (halvt pund) in Danish means 250g, which was the common way of ordering butter before the supermarkets took over (and why butter used[0] to come in packages of 250g). Similarly, in Sweden, one mile is 10 km.

[0] These days, and selling butter in 200g packages to keep the prices seemingly low.

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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by InCityDreams on Monday September 05, 2022 @07:15AM (#32723043)
> [0] These days, and selling butter in 200g packages to keep the prices seemingly low.

And that's why i do my shopping now based on €/kg. There are some very telling differences between even the same manufacturer: last thing i was looking at was gin [the drink] € per litre. Just a visually minor difference in bottle size was a substantial difference in a) cost and perceived value and b) cost and actual value.

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