But think the other way. How many metric neophytes in the US refer to
their predominant system of measurements as the English system. To most
its just the way they measure. Why would the person in the street in
Germany need to refer to their system of measurements as a "system" when
they live it every day. Unless they have American friends or do business
in America they never even need to refer to SI as a system of
measurement since they have nothing to compare it to.
Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372
>>> "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/07/03 02:43PM >>>
For just about as long as I've been following this list, I have had a
German pen pal in Berlin. Last week, I sent her something I had
written,
and it was peppered with the acronym "SI". She, a music teacher and a
lifelong European, wrote back to me asking what "SI" stood for, and of
course,I replied with an explanation
She is only one person, but it got me to thinking---is the acronym
familiar to most people who use that measurement system?
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
432-694-6208
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"There are two cardinal sins, from
which all the others spring: impatience
and laziness."
---Franz Kafka
