Good letter until you get into the pronunciation nonsense.
He was refering to the statement by Norman Werling who wrote in USMA 26248:
English speakers mispronounce kilo-meter as kil-ahm-e-ter mistakenly following the example of mechanical or electrical devices such as speedometers. Nobody mispronounces kilo-grams, micro-grams, milli-liters, mega-bytes, or nano-seconds.
I agree with Norman, but it is not a question of CGPM concern, it is a matter of good English. English, in common with other North European languages, pronounces the metric prefixes as if they are separate words from the base units. How does Brian pronounce kilocycle, kilogram, kilolitre, kilowatt, etc? ,
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Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
