This would be worth the discussion if it was intended to *RECOGNISE* the SI-spelling for the word METRE - the Unit for length, instead of 'meter -the measuring instrument' to be confused for both LENGTH & instruments!
Good letter until you get into the pronunciation nonsense.
How unfortunate, making 'mountains of molehills'?
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From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:26264] Re: Fw: 6.2 miles is not 10 km Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:32:25 -0700
Joe:
Brian was not disagreeing with Norman's point about the pronunciation of kilometer.
He simply disagreed with Norman's inclusion of that in his letter, as it was
irrelevant to and a serious distraction from the main point Norman was
trying to make.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid
>Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:43
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:26263] Re: Fw: 6.2 miles is not 10 km
>
>
>Brian J. White wrote in USMA 26259:
>
>>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? ,
>--
>Joseph B. Reid
>17 Glebe Road West
>Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
>
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