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I'm more frequently hearing people on television referring to kilogrammes as kay gees.
I know this is theoretically correct, but very, very few people refer to centimetres as See Emms or millimetres as Emm Emm's!
So why not just call them kilogrammes which is what they are?
I'm sure there's probably a simple answer, just like wordle, but I'm not sure I know what it is - again, just like wordle 😖
Hmm. I usually shorten it to "Kilos". I guess that could be confusing without context.
Kilos or Kilogrammes for me
I would say kilos but I don't think it matters as long as you're understood?
I am quite happy to use kay gees, never seemed to cause any confusion so don't see the problem. Also quite happy to go through life and never be put in the same segment of a venn diagram as Jacob Reese Mogg.
We tend to use ‘Kay gee’ for Kilogram as work as we also use Kilonewton quite a bit so can’t really abbreviate to Kilo.
Makes me shudder hearing it, although only recently heard it on the apprentice.
I expect the same people use centimetres too 🙂
I tend to use 'kilos' in conversation but obviously write 'kg'.
One thing I trained myself out of was saying especially at work was "tons" when discussing lifting and handling, you'd always get some old fart who'd start quizzing you about whether or not you meant "US", "UK", "short" "imperial" tons/tonnes etc and so giving a weight in 'kg' helped to remove any doubts or opportunities for pedantic old bastards to derail a simple discussion...
Makes me shudder hearing it, although only recently heard it on the apprentice.
I expect the same people use centimetres too
Wierdly I tend to either use say "millimetres" (write 'mm) or "meters" ('m'). Writing or saying cm/centimetres just seems too imprecise or not precise enough, if that makes sense...
kilogram, kilo & kay gee have heard and used the terms myself and never thought anything of it.
I have heard ton and tonne pronounced differently to distinguish them as Imperial with a U sound and metric with an exagerated O sound
If have no idea if that is correct
Been saying kaygee for donkey's.
Been saying kaygee for donkey’s.
Isn’t it geegees for donkeys?
Odd? no not really.
Personally I'm not a fan of his music, I'm sure many are though
Strangest one I have ever heard, was "lips" for pounds.
