Jesus,
Thanks very much for suggesting this dialogue. Do the packages of paper
show everything in Spanish only or in English and Spanish? If in Spanish
only, are mm dimensions only shown or are the inches and its fractions shown
along with millimeters. If the last, which is in parentheses?
I have before me right now a package of Hewlett Packard "letter' size paper
labeled as having been "Made in U.S.A." Everything is also translated into
French, so I assume that they also market this specific packaging in Canada,
but not in Latin America.
The following information is shown grouped in these ways:
High Brilliant
90
Tr�s brilillant
Medium Weight 20 lb.
Grammage moyen (75 g/m^2) I can only show square meters this way.
8.5" x 11"
216x279 mm (4,54 kg/M) No kidding, a capital M.
Cont: 500 Sheets/Feuilles
Norm
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Sent: 2000October19 22:55
Subject: [USMA:8679] Re: Americans' spread of the virus of non-metric
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> Norman and all on the list,
>
> I reside in the United States, but I am from Madrid, Spain originally. I
have
> also been to our former colony south of the border. I should say that the
> United States is a bad influence on many countries and in many respects
but
> especially on weights and measures. In the Republic of Mexico, they (as
most
> Spanish-speaking countries do) look at Spain as a better example and role
> model. It is good that they do, as those countries are more European in
> nature than North America. The people of Mexico are as metric as Spain is.
> After all before losing her empire Spain along with all here colonies
> metricated in 1820. But non the less with the US' proximity to Mexico and
> Venezuela, one finds on occasion letter and legal size paper, and US
gallon
> sized jugs, but labelled 3,97 litros (litres).
>
> I would appreciate dialogue about this from others on the list.
>
