Nor does my Australian. Baron Carter -----Original Message----- From: Bill Potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 29 November, 2000 23:36 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:9449] RE: [USMA:9433] RE: [USMA:9432] �Papiers d'identit� I have both British (EU) and Canadian passports. Neither shows height (or mass). Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----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 > >
