Brij Bhushan Vij wrote: > They advocate the SI-metric policies but refuse to change even the > spellings of > 'meter and liter" to Syst�me International d'unit�s > (SI in all languages). Great thinking, I must profess!
Brij: SI does not specify spelling for all languages. The US spelling is in line with the German, Dutch and Scandinavian spellings (and others). Italy, Spain and Portugal don't spell them litre and metre. Many other languages have non-Roman alphabets (Greek, Cyrillic, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). As far as SI is concerned, it's the symbols and prefixes that matter. However, even there, other alphabets must be considered. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
