2002-03-20 I understood Madan as stating that the people of India do write using correct SI symbols, such as km/l and km/h, but when speaking will not say kilometres per litre, but kay-emm-pee-ell and not kilometres per hour, but kay-emm-pee-h.
As I also noted, the people of Malaysia and Singapore use correct symbols in writing but will also say the letters when referring to the units rather than use the name. It is just some people's way of shortening long names in speech only. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-20 16:46 Subject: [USMA:18938] RE: Fwd: RE: Short unit names > 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. > > 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/ >
