Why do you still call it a "half ton"?
We have all heard and used the terms "half ton", "three-quarter ton", or "one ton" before. In fact these terms are tossed around here on a daily basis without even thinking about. But why? Most...
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dshelley wrote:
Old expressions die hard.
That is the truth. That is like how some people still refer to an oils grade as "weight" even though the SAE J300/J306 standard that gave oils their grade back in 1926 stated that the "W" after the oil's grade number meant it's graded viscosity in winter or colder temperatures. There is no such thing as oil being refer to as "weight" according to the very standard that made the oil grades and yet consumers and some retailers will still call it " 30 weight".
Although in that case it wasn't an old expression. It was a completely wrong one because the consumers assumed the "W" meant weight and called it as such. Just because "that is they way it is always done" doesn't mean it is correct.
