Do Australians really say this?

[Kyteland]

"We find no evidence to support claims for human occupation or burials near 60 kyr ago."

Do they really say kiloyears over there instead of thousands of years? It just sounds so unnatural....


I got the quote from here. BBC Link

 

[Kyteland]

Nobody from Australia can verify this for me?

 

[Kenazo]

I'm not sure, but i do know you will get in trouble if you bump your own thread within 10 mins. 🙂

 

[Topher]

I lived there for 4 years and never heard anyone say "kiloyears". But then again, it never came up in conversation either.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Topher
I lived there for 4 years and never heard anyone say "kiloyears". But then again, it never came up in conversation either.

Wow, that's 1.4 Kilodays!

 

[Pepsi90919]

everyone here always says 'k' to represent thousand ...

 

[AndyHui]

We don't say kiloyears.

K represents thousands though.

 

[RossMAN]

My wife is an Aussie and I've heard dozens of Aussie sayings from her lips but never this.

I'll show her this thread later today and see if she's aware of it.

 

[bunker]

A misprint perhaps?

60k yrs