Dear John and All, And the reverse happens as well. A friend reported to me a few years ago that he had heard the Australian Navy using kiloyards!
Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-10-26 18.26, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2002-10-26 > > Yesterday, CNN had an interview with someone. I wasn't paying particular > attention to the program, but my attention was caught for the moment when > the person being interviewed spoke the term "60 yards". > > A news reporter may use metres, because he/she is just reading off of a > paper or a teleprompter. But, guests and "experts" who are often > interviewed will use whatever units they feel comfortable using. And most > often if it a person on the street, you can be guaranteed that FFU is the > measurement of choice. > > Even though the army may use and train using metres, some may mentally > convert those metres to yards. > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-10-25 21:17 > Subject: [USMA:22930] Re: SI reference on CNN > > >> Also, can our Canadian friends report on how the media there reported >> distances? I'm curious ... >> Ezra >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:39:05 -0700, "Nikolay O. Malyarov" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> RE: Caught alleged sniper in the Washington area. >>>> >>>> "Muhammad earned an M-16 expert marksman badge during his service in > the >>>> Army, the highest level of expertise given by the military, defense >>>> officials at the Pentagon said. >>>> >>>> That means he had to hit 36 out of 40 targets at a range of about 50 to >>>> 300 meters." >>>> [http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/24/sniper.shootings/index.html] >>>> >>>> I originally heard this just a minute ago in a televised report. No >>>> conversion to ifp was ever done. >>> >>> You might like to look at how the BBC reported the story: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2356271.stm >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ >> >> >
