Why do we call a thousand dollars a "grand" as opposed to a "kilodollar"?
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chu · 5 comments
9 years ago
mrclever
· 9 years ago
Because "100 kilodollar" doesn't have that much of a ring to it
thethirdi
· 9 years ago
We don't use the metric system
golfcartlove
· 9 years ago
http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/grand-one-thousand/ I know you weren't serious but pretty cool
