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cafram - in the states. Started conversation Jul 31, 2000
NEVER mix up Australians and Poms, or Australians and Kiwis.
That's Brits and New Zealanders for all you uneducated-types out there...
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J'au-æmne Posted Aug 1, 2000
under the 'tour guides must make things up' header
4.5 thousand million metric tons should be metric tonnes. 
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Ashley Posted Aug 1, 2000
According to the OED they can both be used.
I'm open to suggestions though
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Demon Drawer Posted Aug 1, 2000
Joanna's I've just checked and he is actually correct although tonne is never used for the Imperial measurement and is the normal standard for the metric usage.
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Cloviscat Posted Aug 2, 2000
...which just serves to prove what a thankless bl**dy job it is...
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