2002-03-02 I was referring to the black people I know and the ones I encounter in my daily existence.
Your going deeper than was meant. Please, don't blow this out of proportion!! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-03-02 20:44 Subject: [USMA:18500] Re: Whatever happened to centigrade?? -- Way off topic! > That's an outrageous generalization, based on a stereotype. > > In any case, what do you mean by "black people?" Just "African Americans" or > all black people, of which black Americans are a tiny minority? > > There is something called "Black English." Perhaps you were referring to > that. Its use (U.S. only) tends to be confined to the inner city. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of kilopascal > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 17:33 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18497] Re: Whatever happened to centigrade?? > > > 2002-03-02 > > Black people would say kelvin, singular and plural. They seem to have an > aversion to pronouncing the "s" on the ends of words. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 2002-03-02 15:52 > Subject: [USMA:18488] Re: Whatever happened to centigrade?? > > > > Ezra Steinberg wrote: > > > > > > Gene: > > > > > > I thought the correct terminology was "kelvins" in the plural. Can you > tell > > > me if that's correct? > > > > Yes, unit names in English form plurals in the usual grammatical > > manner, so it's 273.15 kelvins. An argument that goes nowhere except to > > point out that opinions differ is whether one would say 0.1 kelvin or > > 0.1 kelvins. Since that argument goes nowhere, let's not argue about > > that. Style guides differ and are available for the purists. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 > > >
