2002-08-16 I just want to add that something to this post. Did anyone read the cover story in USA Today on this past Wednesday?
There was an interesting article on the cover page called: Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost. The article describes a growing hate towards the US from everywhere in the world. Mostly due to US arrogance. The article below I posted is an example of such arrogance. The authoress expresses a sort of smug joy that America is alone in not using metric and hopes they never change. The growing anti-American sentiment developing in the world, especially in Europe is enough reason to feel that this time the EU will not back down when it comes to delaying the metric directive another 10 years. If it is done, it will be seen as pandering to American arrogance. The only way to stand up against American arrogance is to say no when the US barks. Read the article if you haven't already! I'm not surprised that the article is written by a woman and the men she mentions all seem to favour metrication. I for sure would like to know how support for metric varies between the sexes. I'd bet there is a higher proportion of women who are more anti-metric then men. Are there any statistics to support this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-08-16 22:28 Subject: [USMA:21767] Re: cease and desist > 2002-08-16 > > While searching for info on Esperanto and SI, I came across this winner. > > > http://www.warsawvoice.pl/v404/View00.html > > And look it is published on a Polish site too! > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-08-16 21:29 > Subject: [USMA:21766] Re: cease and desist > > > > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > <I wonder if Esperanto is a metric only language. Does anyone know if > > Esperanto accommodates FFU?> > > > > That's a good question. I understand that Esperanto is largely derived > from > > Italian, so it might. There are also other "synthetic" languages such as > > Interlang and Eurolang. > > > > Whether we like it or not, however, English seems to be the de facto > global > > language. I was surprised to read (in an article by Dr. Baj Kaschru, an > > Indian academician) that the move to English is being influenced much more > > by China and India than by the US or Britain. He said that both countries > > tend to use English as a "uniting tongue" because being of outside origin > > makes it politically neutral, which avoids the jealousies and resentments > > that would result if their governments chose one local language as the > > "official" one for business communication. -- Jason > > > > > >
