It look as a nice compromise on each part. The US goes metric and the French drop the comma :)
John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. http://bit.do/tounj -----Original Message----- From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Brian White Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 8:17 AM To: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> Cc: USMA <usma@colostate.edu> Subject: [USMA 280] Re: ISO Standards I'm all about metric, but hate the comma as a decimal sign. :) > On Aug 2, 2016, at 07:35, Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting conversation with a neighbour over here in France this afternoon. > He’d go down to the local metal dealer with his order for 3500 mm of steel. > But the guy would say "no cannot do that" and he couldn’t understand why. I > asked how are you writing the 3500? Put it down on paper for me. > > 3,500. I said well you realise the French use the comma as the decimal so he > thinks you want three point five millimetres of steel, not three thousand > five hundred millimetres. He’d not noticed that the road signs, everything > you see has a comma for the decimal maker, and was not aware it was different. > > Mike Payne > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
