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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agokcals are actually what we call Calories (note the uppercase letter). Most people don’t know that and just use lowercase without thinking though.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoExactly! But unless you’re in some very technical setting, people saying “calorie” probably meant “Calorie”/“kilocalorie”.
minus-square@EddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilink1•1 month agoThat’s weird… I wonder how that came to be like that
kcals are actually what we call Calories (note the uppercase letter). Most people don’t know that and just use lowercase without thinking though.
So Calories = kilocalories =/= calories?
Exactly! But unless you’re in some very technical setting, people saying “calorie” probably meant “Calorie”/“kilocalorie”.
That’s weird… I wonder how that came to be like that