Brij: There are no SI spellings of liter or meter -- or any other unit for that matter. All spellings are language-dependent -- although, for each language or regional variant (e.g., American English), there is only one accepted spelling for each unit (but with some acceptable variants of a couple of the spelled-out prefixes, such as deca [optionally deka]).
SI only requires the symbols to be consistent across languages and dialects. However, even this can be subject to alphabet variations (e.g., Cyrillic). Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 17:33 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:21394] Re: Millilitres vs centilitres > > > I see the point is getting homed into the minds of concerned > 'metricologists'. The fact that we have to use the prefixes > and/or suffixes > to express samller or larger quantities of the SI-unit in drawing or > day-to-day activity make its use 'obligatory! No offence, > there!But, if the > system needs correction among *involved countries*, it is time America's > Educational system does some home work and adopted the SI-spellings of > *Metre and Litre* and not the one's the subject aims at. This is > where, most > countries fail in many aspects of conversion to metrics! > Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
