On 7 July 2016 at 13:48, C. Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

Nobody uses any of the prefixes consistently in colloquial speech. Why am I a thousand kilometers from Portland, rather than a megameter?

I don't know, "microaggressions" seems to be the preferred term for "acting like a jerk" now. Maybe it's all a part of metrication? *shrug*

Cheers,

KB.