2002-03-21 The W in German is pronounced like the English V.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 10:54 Subject: [USMA:18956] Fwd: RE: Fwd:Short unit names > 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/ >
