Culture: Pedantry
SI arthropods   (+16, -3)  [vote for, against]
Drag entomologists into the 21st Century

Millipedes?
Centipedes?
What nonsense is this?
How can you have a thousandth or a hundredth of a foot?
These must be renamed "kilopedes" and "hectopedes" forthwith.
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Dec 15 2005

SI prefixes http://physics.nist...Units/prefixes.html
[AbsintheWithoutLeave, Dec 15 2005]

I don't know what you'd call this? http://www.dumpalin...7206/Extra_Long_Dog
[skinflaps, Dec 15 2005]

I think your misconception is the *'th*

:)
-- po, Dec 15 2005


Millipedes?
Centipedes?
What nonsense is is?
How can you have a ousand or a hundred of a foot?
ese must be renamed "kilopedes" and "hectopedes" forwi.

Better, [po]?
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Dec 15 2005


AbsineWioutLeave, yep!
-- po, Dec 15 2005


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-- skinflaps, Dec 15 2005


[skinflaps]ROTFL - //Pimp my pup// Stick some fake legs on springs on it to make it look like it's (moon-)walking when it's stopped. Heh heh
-- Dub, Dec 15 2005


As they've got pairs of legs, perhaps they should use powers of 2, and go with the IT standards of Kl, Ml, Gl, Tl, Al, and Pl?
-- Dub, Dec 15 2005



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