Yes, G.B.S. asked 'how does one pronounce ghoti?'
Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: February 27, 2001 16:03
Subject: [USMA:11333] Re: Mass or weight
>Gene:
>
>It was Joe's error, which you reproduced.
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>I refrained from commenting until I saw it being propagated. <g>
>
>George Bernard Shaw would probably have excused both of you. He hated the
>inconsistencies of English spelling.
>
>Bill Potts, CMS
>San Jose, CA
>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>> Behalf Of Gene Mechtly
>> Sent: February 27, 2001 12:29
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:11332] Re: Mass or weight
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Bill Potts wrote:
>>
>> > Gene Mechtly wrote:
>> > > And thanks, Joe, for your "here here" ...
>> >
>> > Which should, of course, have been "hear hear."
>> Blame that error on me, Bill. Joe might have written the correct
>> "hear hear" and I failed to quote his spelling accurately. My only
>> excuse is that the phonetics are the same for both spellings. (not true
>> for French "metre" and U.S. "meter" of course)
>> Gene.
>>
>>
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