At 11:31 AM 3 March 2002 -0500, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
> >klick   kilometer (or km/h?)
> >kay     kilometer
> >mil     millimeter
> >puf     picofarad (pF)
> >amp     ampere
> >nit     candela per square meter
>
>I thought:
>                  USA                    UK
>millimetre        ?                    mil
>1/1000 inch      mil                  thou

FYI: I am NOT making this list to promote such shortened versions of units, 
although some (amp) will be with us forever. I'm making it out of curiosity.

Joe's comment about "mil" is evidence enough of why we shouldn't use such 
shortened names, as if any of us needed any. As to his "?", I do not recall 
any shorthand version of millimeter from my experience.

Jim Elwell

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