> Apparently, warm beer causes a phobia for decimal points, so instead of
> writing .001uF, the Brits like to write 1nF.

I believe it was continental Europe led the way on this one.

But once one gets used to it, it does make a lot of sense. Going in 1k
increments instead of 1 million increments is a lot easier. Using the
abbreviation as the decimal holder also works extremely well, especially
when attempting to read a circuit that has been reduced by a linear factor
of 2 (i.e. quarter area) or smaller, which is what you often end up with in
service manuals, as you can typically work out what the individual digits
should be, but should it be 5.6, 5.6k (have they left off a character, or
should it be 56 'cos its a laser printer speck on the page) where 5R6 or 5k6
makes it completely obvious what it should be.

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