Hi Bill You got to consider this fact. Some people have the habit of reading exactly what is written. So when 1. All the vehicles show km/h in their speedometer, 2. When all magazine/newspaper articles carry km/h to indicate top speed, people tend to say kay-yem-pee-hech.
Only in TV ads, they say kilometers per hour, but again they display top speed in km/h and fuel consumption in km/l. I can understand your concern that 1 day, people may start writing what they say like 'kayempeeyel' in 1 word. But I don?t think that will happen as long as our writing is in km/l. Ofcourse there is another problem of different sounds in other languages for Latin letters and this may lead people speaking different languages to pronounce the letters differently. For ex John is pronounced John in English, but Javier is Hahvier in Spanish and Jeurgen is Yoorgen in German. So any SI unit using 'J' may be wrongly pronounced in other languages. 1 more question ? does other European languages use the letter 'W' and if so, how do they say kWh. By the way Bill - your SI is as pure as 24 karat gold. Keep it up. I will try to follow it & also tell my friends/relatives. Madan --- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18953] RE: Fwd: RE: Fwd: RE: Short > unit names > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:22:37 -0800 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My own view is that, when we speak, we should speak > clearly. > > Saying "kilometers per liter" involves only three > extra syllables, relative > to "kay em pee ell." The extra time taken to say it > is a fairly small > fraction of a second -- and there is no doubt as to > what is meant. > > 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 15:27 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18945] Fwd: RE: Fwd: RE: Short unit > names > > > Hi Bill > > When we write, we write it as km/l, but when we > speak > we cannot say 'k','m','slash','l', but only > 'k','m','p','l'. > > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > I think we have a slight communication gap or I am > not > communicating properly. > > Indeed, I am committed to SI. > > Madan > > --- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [USMA:18938] RE: Fwd: RE: Short unit > names > > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:46:15 -0800 > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
