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Where did that K in thousand come from after all, anyway? M for million makes sense. K for thousand doesn’t.

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Shorthand for kilo, recognisable if you use metric.

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That makes perfect sense, I can’t believe I didn’t make that connection - and, yeah, I’ve definitely outed myself as an American. Fair enough.

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