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In the US, we have an imperial ton of precisely 2000lb. A metric ton is commonly heard, but always specified.
by GauntletWizard 3y ago
In the US, we have an imperial ton of precisely 2000lb. A metric ton is commonly heard, but always specified.
- stevage 3y agoMetric tonne.
- GauntletWizard 3y agoFor additional confusion's sake, I got it wrong - It's not an "Imperial" ton in the US, but a "Customary" ton. There's also a British "Imperial" ton, and sometime called the "Long ton" (whereas the US Customary unit is also called the "Short ton". The Imperial Ton is 2240 pounds, which if you're dyslexic is the same as the Metric Ton's 2204.6 pounds. Don't forget the metric fucktonne, as well.
- somewhereoutth 3y agoWhich, confusingly, is almost invariably spelt 'metric fuckton'
- red-iron-pine 3y agothis is also different from the shit-ton or shitton, which is customary
- water554 3y agoMetric shit tonne*