I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago

In Italy we use hectograms ("ettogrammi", "etti" for short) in day to day life when buying groceries. You don't ask for 200 grams of ham, you just ask for 2 etti.

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