That makes too much logical sense. Therefore forget it! The object of communication is not to follow logical patterns but to see how confusing something can be made.
Also, with Americans being barely literate and the rule makers being very anal about the use of the -re ending one can not hope for them to agree on the change. However, I prefer the units be spelled with -re and do so despite what the anal rule makers say. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2004-05-18 15:12 Subject: [USMA:29843] Re: Petrol prices > The quoted paragraph below is a beautiful example of the advanatage of > spelling the SI length unit as "metre" while spelling a device that > measures something "meter". > > On 2004 May 18 , at 6:37 AM, Terry Simpson wrote, > quoting "Ofgem", a government agency in the UK: > >> It is estimated that about 75% of the gas meters in service register > >> in cubic feet, the rest in cubic metres. All meters stamped for use by > >> Ofgem over the last three years have measured in cubic metres and > >> meters measuring in cubic feet are no longer available. > > There are > 3 meters (devices) and > 2 metres SI units (in "cubic metres") > in a short two sentence paragraph. > > The distinction between the two is clarified by the difference in > spelling. > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > <><><><><><><><><><><><> > Make it simple; Make it Metric > <><><><><><><><><><><><> > >
