On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:46:15 Bill Potts wrote: >Marcus: > >What is wrong is that this list server is for proponents of SI. Madan is, as >far as I know, a proponent of SI. > ????? Hey! I guess you've got the wrong person, Bill. I haven't been participating in this latest exchange at all. Please check your previous thread. Thank you.
Marcus >kmpl is not SI. What's the use of having a universal, language-independent >symbol for "per" if those of us who support it are not going to use it? > >Abbreviations such as mpg and hp fall outside the scope of SI, so they're >not really relevant to the discussion. > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of M R >Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:49 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:18937] RE: Fwd: RE: Short unit names > > >Hi Bill > >In 'kmpl', 2 symbols 'km' and 'l' are universal >symbols of SI and only the letter 'p' (substituting >'/') is not universal. So what is wrong in saying >kmpl. > >I believe lot of people in USA also say mpg, hp, etc >instead of full wording. > >There are lot of symbols/abbreviations/shortened words >used commonly in our daily life like >UK - United Kingdom >Gas - Gasolene >LPG - Liqiuefied Petroleum Gas >TV - Television, >etc > >Madan > > >--- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Madan wrote: >> "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." >> >> I'm puzzled as to why you say "kmpl (written as >> km/h)" and "kmph (written as >> km/h)." >> >> Why are you, yourself, using "kmpl" and "kmph?" >> These have no meaning >> whatsoever in SI. >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage >http://sports.yahoo.com/ > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
