Overheard

... explaining how prefixes work
16th April 2010, 1:00am

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Teacher (explaining metric prefixes): Milli means very, very small, and kilo is very big. Give me some examples of kilo

Pupil: Kilowatt

Teacher: Good

Pupil 2: Kilogram

Teacher: Excellent

Pupil 3: Me Sir, Me Sir (arm stretched up) Kilowhale

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