On 2010/09/29, at 03:55 , Stanislav Jakuba wrote:
The link below leads to a just published article of mine that has
two themes - a political criticism and an energy analysis (in SI
units). One or the other may be of interest to you.
Stan
Dear John,
You might be interested in this article entitled, Spelling metre or
meter that explores the background to the difference in spelling. You
can find it at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/Spelling_metre_or_meter.pdf
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication
Stan is talking about energy used per year, which is power, and he clearly
defined that he was using annually averaged power. Stan and I might have minor
engineering differences over the advisability of using that unit with the
public, but I am entirely confident that I can multiply those
Another analogy is bank balance and salary (assuming that you don't spend
anything).
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Pat,
The long discussion of spelling metre or meter has left
out two matters.
One, language is spoken and trying to use spelling to
separate two ideas pronounced as the same word will not work.
A meter is
I wood tend to agree with ewe their on the subject of meeters if it
weren't for homophones, Robert. We spell homophones differently in order
to make a distinction in meaning.
Jim
On 2010-10-01 1623, Robert H. Bushnell wrote:
2010 Oct 1
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Pat,
The long discussion of
It's a metric bicycle tour, except the AP Style Guide has eliminated the
metric.
:)
It should indicate the routes are 25, 50, or 100 km.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/oct/01/weekend-planner-wine-pops-and-props/
SUNDAY: Great Pumpkin Metric, a scenic, rural bicycle tour of 15, 31 or 62
Homophones? What's metric got to do with gay people???
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