Dear All,
This morning an item in 'The Age' , a Melbourne daily, read as follows:
'BELFAST. Police arrested six people yesterday after discovering a
60-kilogram bomb in a Catholic village near Omagh, scene of the deadliest
attack in Northern Ireland's conflict. Police raided the home in
Sixmilecross, eight kilometres west of Omagh, on Wednesday night and
discovered the bomb hidden in a metal milk churn.'
I thought you might like to check the journalist's conversion from miles to
kilometres, and to mull on the matter of the resistance of names like
'Sixmilecross' from any change to SI.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
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