Madan: I inadvertently addressed my first response to Marcus Berger. In case you missed it, here it is again:
What is wrong is that this list server is for proponents of SI. You are, 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/
