----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:21864] calculator
| Carl | | I think you'll have to write your letter in one of many Asian languages for | them to understand. We have the same problem here with cheap imports - | especially with instruction pamphlets that come with a product. Their | English is often quite amusing. | | Mike | Perth | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:57 AM | Subject: [USMA:21864] calculator | | | | | | >what kinda calc? | | >casio? on a palm? | | | | I wrote: | | >> I have a | | >> calculator with a conversion chart that refers to "acre" rather than | | >> "are". Is this a typo? | | >> | | >> Carl | | | | It is a cheap Office Depot brand calculator with a printed conversion | table | | on the inside of its cover. It has a number of oddities. Here is a | sample | | of what it has: | | Metric GB & US | | 25.3995 millmetres [sic] 1 inch | | 4.8297 kilometres 1 league | | 1 acre 0.0247 acres | | 1 hectare 2.471 acres | | 1 centigram 0.1543 grains | | 1 litre 1.75 pints (2.101 us pints) | | | | etc. | | | | I think I will write a letter and mention the problem with are/acre, the | old | | definition of the inch (and misspelling of millimeter), and the oddity of | | leagues, centigrams, and grains. | | | | Carl | | | | |
