Dear Terry, on 2003-09-06 07.04, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<snip> > I presume that you could call a square kilometre a hectohectare, and a > square metre 0.1 millihectares. I am uncomfortable with this. I know, and I use, prefixes with litres as in millilitres, kilolitres, and megalitres, and I know, and I use, prefixes with tonnes as in kilotonnes and megatonnes (but not millitonnes). But I am uncomfortable with your suggestions about calling, 'a square kilometre a hectohectare, and a square metre 0.1 millihectares'. Do you think that I am becoming conservative and unable to change my mindset, or is it just because I don't like your doubling of the prefixes? Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia --
