John makes an excellent point; I totally agree with John F-L about
flag numerals and symbol common to all languages.
Since 10 000 km (kilometers) = 10 Mm (megameters) should the flag not
use the simpler unit?
People were making the same basic argument recently about 1000 g vs. 1
kg of yogurt.
I guess nobody knows where I can buy this flag.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:05:47 +0100
From: j...@frewston.plus.com
Reply-To: j...@frewston.plus.com
Subject: [USMA:52861] RE: Metric Flag
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
One could argue that the flag does not contain text as such. '10 000
km' consists of numerals and a symbol that are common to all
languages, and therefore recognisable regardless of what language
you speak or where you live.
John F-L
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:59 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52860] RE: Metric Flag
I know that some flags do have text - this seems to have been a trends in
the 19th century. Historically the flag was an emblem that was recognisable
without text.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: 04 June 2013 07:13
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52859] RE: Metric Flag
On Monday, June 03, 2013 22:11:36 Martin Vlietstra wrote:
Very neat, but I would remove the text. Flags should not have text on
them.
Some flags do have text. There's a North Carolina flag with some dates, and
a California flag with "CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC", and Iranian and Saudi flags
with inscriptions in different forms of the Arabic script.
Pierre
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