I have both British (EU) and Canadian passports. Neither shows height (or
mass).
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nikolay O. Malyarov
> Sent: November 29, 2000 10:15
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9433] RE: [USMA:9432] �Papiers d'identit�
>
>
> My Latvian passport reads:
>
> Augums (cm) / Height (cm)
> 178
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Norman Werling
> Sent: 29 November 2000 11.13
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9432] �Papiers d'identit�
>
>
> Some of you know that I have begun studying French as a beginner, no less.
> My Tuesday and Thursday classes each of 1 hour and 15 minutes began on
> October 3.
>
> I am not attempting to begin again the thread about whether to
> say height in
> meters or centimeters except to make the following comment.
>
> In my workbook on the subject shown, the �passeport� passport shows the
> �taille� height handwritten as �1 m 85�. I cannot be certain if there is
> truly spacing before and after the m because it is handwritten.
> I guess one
> would say it out loud as �un m�tre quatre-vingt-cinq� one meter
> eighty five.
>
> Norm
>
>
