Good points John Actually the letter 'm' stands for meter, milli, mega,
male, married, etc, unless the upper case / lower case is specified. Is it possible to put a dot '.' above letter m and claim that the 'm dot' is the symbol for the meter, just like the 'red octagon' is for the stop sign worldwide. Similarly we can place the dot above letter 'g' for gram, 'l' for liter, etc. After all putting a dot will not take much effort in books, internet media, traffic signs, etc. Madan --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:21866] Re: calculator > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:42:23 -0400 > > 2002-08-21 > > The unit millimetre is spelled correct. Even though > the US insists on > spelling metre and litre with -er instead of -re, I > stick with -re. There > is a very good reason to do so. > > A metre is a unit of length. A meter is a device > that is used to measure > something. Thus, a micrometre and a micrometer are > not the same thing. A > micrometre can be calibrated to measure in > micrometres. > > I think of a litre as a unit of volume and a liter > (pronounced like lighter) > as a type of marking pen (Hi-liter). > > There is a logic and sense to spelling the units > with -re and the "devices" > with -er. But, somehow the "educated brains" in > this country missed that > one. The only thing to do is ignore their ignorance > and spell the SI units > with -re and if someone asks, explain why. > > John > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-08-21 17:57 > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
