I mean no offence for use of any spellings. It is the *confusion* that blows up, may be the child'smind since I am myself NO ENTITY among the experts at CCU, defining units. The language of engineering must at, be uniform and standardised! Brij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21462] RE: Spelling and SI Rules >Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:17:19 -0700 >Brij: >I'm not sure why you regard national variations in the spelling of metric >units as a problem. As long as there is international agreement to >correctly >use the SI symbols and prefixes, we have the consistency we need. > >Incidentally, the U.S. spelling of meter is consistent with, among others, >that of the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden (and with Germany, >although they use a capital M). > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > 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 refer to the length unit >*METER*; unless it meant to letting the 'confusion' rein! > Systeme International 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 represent the distance 'metre' for length; more so 'all >units of SI should follow a universal system and spell units the same way' >. > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
