----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 13 November 2002 11:26 Subject: [USMA:23330] Re: AUTOCAD
> I'm of the opinion that the stereotype 'English' is not appropriate > (since not all 'English'-speaking peoples use it!) Last weekend, I was watching the BBC show Changing Rooms. It's the show upon which the US show Trading Spaces is based, and it's about two groups of people who work on refurbishing a room in the other group's house, over two days. It was interesting to watch the British version and hear measurements entirely in metric. They talked about litres of paint, marking off lines on the wall, every 10 cm, and when they gave dimensions to the carpenter for a bookcase, they said it was to be 1600 wide (meaning 1600 mm). Very refreshing to see metric in use. Stephen
