That seems very fishy to me.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Bath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: February 27, 2001 14:15
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: Re: [USMA:11333] Off Topic
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >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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