Dear All,

I noticed that the new Style Guide at The Times in London has this to say
about spelling of the words metre and meter.

'metres, as in distance, poetry etc; meters, as in gas, electricity or
parking etc'

I note that here, in Australia, we use metre for distance, but in the USA it
is spelled as meter for distance.

My question is:

Do other English speaking nations use the spelling metre or is it the USA,
alone, that uses the spelling meter?

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia

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