Joe,Sir & friends:
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 point, Vijj. I agree with you, but it is matter of the English language, not SI. It was the (US) Government Printing Office that insisted on the -er spelling. Chester H. Page was the American representative on the committee that translated the BIPM brochure, "SI", into English. His name appears on the (British) National Physical Laboratory printing, but he refused to allow his name to appear on the American edition because the (US) Govenment Printing Office insisted on the er- spelling
The preface to the 7th edition of the English translation of the SI brochure on "SI" states: "A point to note is that alight spelling variations occur in the language of the English-speaking countries (for instance, "metre" and "meter", "litre" and "liter"). In this rerspect, the English text presented here follows the International Standard ISO 31 (1992), *Quantities and units*.
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