Ton vs. tonne

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	robboe  #23230  Mon, 23 Feb 04 12:50 PM Why does my spell check query "163 tonnes" and prefer "163 tons", but not question "a 163-tonne shipment"? What is the difference between ton and tonne? thanks Robert    robboe Joined on Mon, Jan 26 2004 New Member (37)
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	whl626  #23239  Mon, 23 Feb 04 01:48 PM Definition ton (WEIGHT) (plural tons or ton) [Show phonetics] noun 1 (SPECIALIZED metric ton or tonne) a unit of weight equal to 1000 kg As I looked up the Cambridge Dic, it seems that both ' ton ' and ' tonne ' are just the same with different spellings.    whl626 Joined on Sun, Aug 24 2003 Regular Member (882) Learn English every day
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	rommie  #23246  Mon, 23 Feb 04 02:21 PM "ton" and "tonne" mean different things. Use whichever one is correct. 1 ton = 2240 lb (an imperial measurement) 1 tonne = 1000 kg (a metric measurement) Rommie    rommie Joined on Mon, Jan 26 2004 Earth orbit Regular Member (606)

	robboe  #23262  Mon, 23 Feb 04 04:48 PM ah, so that's what it is. Thanks Ronnie.    robboe

	Chameleon  #23306  Tue, 24 Feb 04 02:42 AM By the way rommie, thanks for pointing out that the British came up with this whack-as$ system by saying "imperial" and not "American". (although we Americans are apparently too stupid to get rid of it...) hehe.    Chameleon Joined on Wed, Feb 18 2004 Full Member (174)

	rommie  #23354  Tue, 24 Feb 04 01:17 PM Sorry, dude. Imperial measurements existed before America did. (Or at least, before the native Americans got invaded by Europeans, who then called themselves American). America inherited, not invented, the imperial system. The rest of the world then (mostly) stopped using it. Rommie    rommie

	Chameleon  #23388  Tue, 24 Feb 04 03:16 PM That just reinforces my point. I never asserted that the Americans invented the imperial system.    Chameleon

	Chameleon  #23390  Tue, 24 Feb 04 03:23 PM Anyway, I don't want to have this argument on second thought. If I annoy rommie, who is going to explain all the posts?    Chameleon

	rommie  #23394  Tue, 24 Feb 04 04:05 PM I'm not annoyed. Do you think I should have used a smiley or something to make that obvious?    rommie