On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:38:18 -0800, you wrote:
>On 2000-12-19 at 09:23, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>> If you contact Discovery, they will tell you the program is designed for an
>> American office, yet they most likely market the program world-wide.
>
>When I was in Peru, I was watching the Spanish language Discovery
>Channel, and was digusted to hear Inch/Pound units being used (in
>Spanish). One would think that when they translated the scripts, they
>would translate the units too.
This is another example of how fps insinuates itself into countries
that otherwise would not use it. I don't have satellite or cable, but
in the UK they are dominated by Murdoch's Sky channels, and Discovery
is one that is usually part of the package, along with National
Geographic, etc. So even though science and natural history programmes
went metric in the UK many many years ago, we're having this trash
beamed into homes where children watch this stuff from dawn to dusk.
Chris
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