[USMA:25980] RE: my German friend never heard of SI

[Bill Potts]

Brij wrote:

>This is 'ess eye' as the abbreviation in all languages  for Systeme
>Internationale d'Unites, to mean SI system of Units. Perhaps this is the
>only *acronym* that is not SIU, UIS or USI. Just SI!

SI cannot possibly mean SI system of Units. That would be redundant.

SI stands for Syst�me International d'Unit�s and means, in English, International System of Units.

Once again, it is not an acronym.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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