Yes John This is what I meant Writing as "km/l & km/h" Speaking as "kay-emm-pee-ell & kay-emm-pee-h" I would like comments from people from Canada, Australia, Europe, Latin America, etc.
I think the word for 'per' will be different in different languages. Madan --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18944] RE: Fwd: RE: Short unit names > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:16:36 -0500 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
