However, that doesn't have the mnemonic advantage of a rhyme.

I would even shorten the original to the simple:

Yard hard.
Meter neater.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] 


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>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 14:29
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:27263] Re: neater by the meter
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>
>A few months back there was some discussion of slogans:
>
>>Don't do the hard yards.
>>It's neater by the metre.
>
>I would even say that:
>
>The meter is neater than the yard, foot, and inch combined.
>
>-- 
>Ron
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