More Francophone than Anglophone Canadian tourists visit Miami, and the symbolic-style international speed limit signs make any language barriers moot. -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: [USMA:26502] Re: Metric distance sign in USA > I'm puzzled by your reference to French Canadians. English Canadians use > metric too. > > You may be allowing yourself to be influenced by the practices of some > manufacturers. My Black and Decker electric lawnmower, for example, shows > blade size in inches in English and in centimeters in French. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of James Wentworth > >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 14:20 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:26501] Re: Metric distance sign in USA > > > > > >It *could* be to cater to Canadians. In Miami there are imported European > >metric-only speed limit signs (there are several just a few blocks from my > >old house). A lot of French Canadians drive down to Miami (and > >pass through > >the Carolinas), and the symbolic-style international format signs are > >understandable in any language. -- Jason > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: David Shatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:29 AM > >Subject: [USMA:26498] Re: Metric distance sign in USA > > > > > >> Could this be due to local pressure from all the researchers and > >> scientists in the area? Or is there a strong metrication movement in NC? > >> It certainly wouldn't be from catering to Canadian tourists in the area > >> (quite a long way from the border!). > >> > >> David Shatto > >> Los Angeles > >> > >> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:45:26 +0100 "Terry Simpson" wrote: > >> > >> > Here is an American sign showing km, apparently it is on Durham Freeway > >NC > >> > 147. > >> > > >> > www.geocities.com/trianglesigns/pictures/durhamco/metric.jpg > >> > > >> > Somebody said that the BWMA defied anyone to find one and bet money on > >it. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Terry Simpson > >> > Human Factors Consultant > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > www.connected-systems.com > >> > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >
