Dear Baron and All, > I see the article contains typical linguistic gymnastics to sort of imply > that the US is not alone.
This reminds me of the little girl who insists that she must wear her pink fluffy shoes to school today: 'Because all the other girls will be wearing them.' or 'Jenny and Martha and Bernice and Julie and Maria and Carol are all wearing theirs'. I am often amused by the nations that are quoted as being non-metric to bolster the non-metric stance of individuals in the USA. Usually they select two (almost always two) from this list: Burma, Liberia, Libya, and Myanmar. The only two that I have yet to see combined are Burma and Myanmar � but I have no doubt that I will see this one day � I have seen all the other combinations. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia on 2003-03-11 00.29, Carter, Baron at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I see the article contains typical linguistic gymnastics to sort of imply > that the US is not alone. > > "The Metric System is used in nearly every country in the world, with the > exception of the U.S.," > > What is the purpose of the word 'nearly'. 'Nearly' implies more than one > country. Yet there is only one country listed as an exception. The > statement is illogical. The writer tries to imply that the US is not alone > by inserting the word 'nearly'. Unfortunately we see these linguistic > liberties being taken daily in our news fodder. Anyone who has done > Marketing/Propaganda 101 knows the power of subtlety. > > Whilst I am glad to see that another software company acknowledges the > metric system, their press release could have been a lot more positive. > > cheers > Baron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nat Hager III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 08 March, 2003 14:13 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:25070] SYSPRO Releases Metric Version of Material Yield > System (2) > > > Someone might find interesting, though I might refer to the systems US > legacy units vs. Standard Metric. > > Nat > > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030303/lam007_1.html >
