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OT but your post made me learn that in English "Tonne" and "Ton" denote two different units!

• kube-system 4y ago
  “Ton” itself can also refer two different units: The 2240 lb British long ton and the 2000 lb American short ton. And “metric ton” refers to “tonne”. Tl;dr: a ton of confusion.
  • car 4y ago
    Funny, as "Tonne" is the german word for barrel or cask. And also for a metric ton, equaling 1000 kilograms, or 2000 german "Pfund", i.e. pounds.
    • _ikke_ 4y ago
      Besides these things, in Dutch, a ton can also mean €100.000.
      • radiowave 4y ago
        Same in the UK for £100, and also for driving at 1oo mph.
    • jimnotgym 4y ago
      So an American short ton and a German metric tonne are both 2000 pounds....but the pounds are not the same!
    • rmccue 4y ago
      Same origin; the extant word in English is "tun" for the barrel, and a ton was equal to the mass of the contents of a tun. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ton#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ton#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tun#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tun#English https://www.etymonline.com/word/ton#etymonline_v_15357 https://www.etymonline.com/word/ton#etymonline_v_15357