[USMA:29708] kilograms used in UK sports
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[USMA:29710] Re: interesting question
I can only give you one small example of this phenomenon. An acquaintance of mine who is from the former East Germany saw one of my sheets of A4 paper and remarked that it now "looks strange" because he is used to seeing 8.5" X 11" sheetssince he has been living in the US for several years. He was astonished at his own reaction becausehe grew up using and seeing A4 paper in East Germany. -- Jason - Original Message - From: MightyChimp To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:10 AM Subject: [USMA:29705] interesting question I'm curious to know something about the "understanding" of units world-wide. Does anyone here have either knowledge, experience or feeling as to whether more people in metric countries understand and have a working knowledge or feel for FFU or more people in FFU-land have the same towards metric? In other words, would an American be more likely to understand metric, or a foreigner more likely to understand FFU. I've encountered immigrants to the US who give me funny looks if I use metric units and become resistant if I ask them to respond to me in metric. Many claim to have forgotten metric and understand only FFU. Some being in the US only a few years. Yet, when they speak with others of their kind they have no problem conversing in their native language. How could one not forget one's native language, yet forget SI. Can anyone here relate to this?
[USMA:29709] Fwd: interesting question
Dear All: Well I have had a 34 year old Australian women staying for a week in Texas. There is no metric in Texas that one can speak of, although it is taught in the schools a lot. She had no idea how far a mile was or what F temp was. It was interesting to see how far Aussies had come in the conversion process. She is both literate and numerate doing accounting work. John X-Originating-IP: [68.99.49.25] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: MightyChimp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [USMA:29705] interesting question Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 14:10:28 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 May 2004 18:10:28.0496 (UTC) FILETIME=[BE3E3100:01C43527] X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.70, clamav-milter version 0.70j Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm curious to know something about the understanding of units world-wide. Does anyone here have either knowledge, experience or feeling as to whether more people in metric countries understand and have a working knowledge or feel for FFU or more people in FFU-land have the same towards metric? In other words, would an American be more likely to understand metric, or a foreigner more likely to understand FFU. I've encountered immigrants to the US who give me funny looks if I use metric units and become resistant if I ask them to respond to me in metric. Many claim to have forgotten metric and understand only FFU. Some being in the US only a few years. Yet, when they speak with others of their kind they have no problem conversing in their native language. How could one not forget one's native language, yet forget SI. Can anyone here relate to this? John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional Engineer Assistant Professor Texas AM University, Department of Construction Science Langford AC Rm: A414 MD 3137, College Station, TX 77843-3137 Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. Electronic mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 979 845 6541 Facsimile: 979 862 1572 Web site : http://archone.tamu.edu/architecture/faculty/nichols/mainframe.html
[USMA:29711] Re: Fwd: interesting question
No metric in Texas to speak of? Metric Today, the newsletter of the U.S. Metric Association, is now edited in Midland, Texas!! grin From: John Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/05/09 Sun PM 04:36:16 EDT To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [USMA:29709] Fwd: interesting question Dear All: Well I have had a 34 year old Australian women staying for a week in Texas. There is no metric in Texas that one can speak of, although it is taught in the schools a lot. -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness. ---Franz Kafka
