Bill Potts wrote "Although km and cm may be called abbreviations from a purely linguistic point of view, in SI they are called symbols".
In India, they use kmpl (written as km/l) and kmph (written as km/h) for mileage and speed and similarly the mass is quoted in kg. They dont use expansions, but only abbreviations/symbols. After all people prefer shorter terms. But the sad part is they still use square feet for real estate, if we have defined a single unit for area just like a liter for cubic volume, then it could have become popular. Still nothing is lost, we have a unit called 'are' where 1 are = 100 square meters and we can use centi-are for area. But some big real estate company has to kick start it. But towns, cities & state's land area is quoted in square kilometers and agricultural/industrial lands is given in hectares. Madan --- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18904] RE: Short unit names > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:35:18 -0800 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Madan: > > Although km and cm may be called abbreviations from > a purely linguistic > point of view, in SI they are called symbols (with > these two being prefixed > symbols). > > In any case, though, the purpose of the short unit > names under discussion is > to make their pronunciation shorter (as in "liter" > versus "cubic > decimeter"). "km" is still pronounced kilometer, and > "cm" is still > pronounced centimeter, so the written prefixed > symbols don't solve the > problem. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of M R > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 08:24 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18899] Short unit names > > > Pat Naughtin wrote > > "I have never heard of an abbreviation for > centimetres." > > Just like km is for kilometer, cm is for centimeter. > I believe abbreviations are used worldwide. Thats 1 > of the advantages of SI. > > Madan > > > 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 > -- > > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
