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> this is in the same tradition that prompted us to name the “wat” in honor of James Watt. The unit is Watt, not Wat.

• ahofmann 1y ago
  I'm sorry, that you missed the hilarious joke! For reference: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
  • deleted 1y ago
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  • thrdbndndn 1y ago
    Ahh, I get the joke now. Good one :) As for the reason, if I have to guess, is because "decibel" looks better than "decibell". (Keep in mind decibel was actually renamed from the previous unit called "Transmission Unit" and was meant to be used as the main unit even at the beginning. "bel" was simply derived/implied from it, not the other way around).
• kazinator 1y ago
  Whoosh ...
• reichstein 1y ago
  Your irony detector may need calibration. Or mine does.