[USMA:21457] Spelling and SI Rules

[BB VIJ]

Just seen: Is spelling Part of SI Rules? in the Metric Today (2002 July - August).    And, WHY NOT? If..... I may enquire!  Let's face it square. US American National Standard (ANSI) IEE/ASTM SI 10 uses the 'meter' spelling and so does the American dictionaries and the feeding into *computers for WORD* correcting  these spelling the world over, where there is use of LENGTH unit.    But, how does the computer relate to this word: whether or not the 'meter' used in the sentence was meant to be  the measurement of any quantity related to ANY REFERENCE like the road distances, the electrical energy, the flow of current or the count of coins in the bank/casino OR it is supposed to refere to the lenth unit *METER*; unless it meant to letting the 'confusion' rein!    Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI - is used for all languages), I find *no reason* that different countries continue to use different spelling for the use of length unit METRE - the one used and recommended by CCU. I may be NO BODY, but shall suggest that Oxford or Webster's Dictionary too follow the SI Metre to reprent the distance 'metre' for length; moreso 'all units of SI should follow a universal system and spell units the same way' . Brij Bhushan Vij mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]