At 10:46 2003-07-06 +0000, Brij Bhushan Vij wrote:
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 letter until you get into the pronunciation nonsense.How unfortunate, making 'mountains of molehills'? Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda. *****The New Calendar Rhyme***** Thirty days in July, September: April, June, November, December; All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine; Till leap year gives the whole week READY: Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!
And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! ***** ***** ***** *****
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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