Dear Jim and All,
Building workers in Australia refer to 'mils' for millimetres quite
regularly; that is if they use a unit at all. Usually on a building site you
don't need to refer to a unit as all drawings and dimensions are in
millimetres so you can simply use the numbers of millimetres without any
potential for confusion.
I have never heard of an abbreviation for centimetres. Maybe this is because
the obvious potential abbreviation, cents, has already been used for
centidollars.
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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on 2002/03/16 09.41, Jim Elwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 02:38 PM 3 March 2002 -0800, Madan wrote:
>> As for 'inch' vs 'centimeter', people are free to use
>> 'cm' instead which is much shorter and also universal.
>
> Those who live in all-metric countries: have people come up with a verbal
> shorthand for saying "centimeter" or for saying "milliliter"? (Similar to
> "kilo" for kilogram.)
>
> Jim Elwell
>
