2002-05-26 What difference is there between English used in Zimbabwe and that of the US and/or UK? I would think English in Zimbabwe would be the same as that of the UK. What should be done is to have English US and English International, where English International uses the metric default setting and ISO-8601 time/date format.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-26 04:58 Subject: [USMA:20213] RE: Autoroute on XP computer > On the US version of Windows XP, the control panel applet is "Regional and > Language Settings." > > Metric is, of course, an option. There are several English options (even > including "English (Zimbabwe)", for example). The two main ones are labeled > English (United States) and English (United Kingdom). There's no English > (Anglo-Saxon). Modern English is descended from Anglo-Saxon, which is a very > old language and very unlike the English of today (i.e., totally > incomprehensible, except to some scholars who specialize in such things). > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Han Maenen > > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 03:43 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:20212] Autoroute on XP computer > > > > > > Another sequel to Pat's request: > > > > Microsoft Autoroute was installed on my computer and defaulted to > > miles; it > > is the English language version. > > I changed the Maporama-type trash of course. > > > > Tools- options - change default from miles to km. > > > > When closing Autoroute you will then be asked to save the changes. > > > > Mistake made in first message: > > > > I stated that the system of units cannot be set in XP. This is incorrect. > > Go to Country Settings, then click under "Standards and Notations" the > > button next to the country. On my computer it says Aanpassen. On > > an English > > language computer it might say Adapt or Set. > > There are all the settings for number notation and down is what should be > > System of Units, or Measures or something like that (Dutch: Maatstelsel). > > It defaulted to metric on my computer. The other option on XP is either US > > or Anglo-Saxon in English, where the last is probably the default. > > > > Han > > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > > > > > > > > >
