I know that :D just prefer the -er spelling! :D
Joseph B. Reid wrote: > Michael Ossipov wrote in USMA 2664: > >> just read some atricles. >> >> 100 % metric!! >> >> Yahoooo BUT using -re notation. >> >> bye >> >> http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=99993897&sub=Security%20and%20Defence > > > > The metric bible, "Le syst�me international d'unit�s" says in the > preface to English translation of the 7th edtion: > > "A point to note is that slight spelling variations occur in the > language of the English-speaking countries (for instance, "metre" and > meter", "litre" and "liter"). In this respect, the English text > presented here follows International Standard ISO 31 (1992), > *Quantities and units*." > > The British reprint of the above brochure bears the name of Chester > H. Page of the (US) National Bureau of Standards as an editor; while > the US reprint of the brochure does not. That was because the (US) > Government Printing Office insisted that US spelling must be -er and > Chester Page refused to allow his name to be associated with the > change. > > So far as I kmow, the USA is the only English-spaeking country that > uses the -er spellling.
