I started keeping a U.S. passport in 1971. Only the 1971 passport lists
my height, in WOMBAT. Passports issued in 1977, 1982, 1986, and 1995 (my
current one) list no height.
Really, you would have thought that, even in 1971, the U.S. government
would at least have shown diplomatic deference to SI by showing the
height in WOMBAT and in m or cm; but the passport didn't even read in
more than one language then.The 1977 passport was my first to read in
English and French.
My Texas driver's license states my height as 5-08.
"Joseph B. Reid" wrote:
>
> Norman Werling wrote in USMA 9432:
>
> >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.
>
> Don't worry about the spaces; the correct SI form is 1.45 m.
>
> My Ontario driving licence gives my height simply as "160". Canadian
> passports do not state height.
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