I pronounce it "uzmah". I also use the word "kilo". But I never use
imperial or US customary units.
David King
Bill Potts wrote:
Ahem to your ahem.
USMA is not an acronym -- unless you want to get everyone to pronounce it
"ussmah." Everyone I know spells it out, as initials -- "you ess emm ay."
I agree with you about micron, though. It's unacceptable, as its old symbol,
�, is now exclusively a prefix -- and, in SI, a prefix may not stand alone.
It's as bad as referring to a kilogram as a kilo (or, as the really
ill-informed say, "keelo").
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of John Nichols
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:43
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:31057] Brain Wave
Of David King
I have, many years ago, used CNC machine tools and always
worked in microns
Ahem.
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Incorrect Terms
The word "micron" is an obsolete term for the quantity "micrometer."
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Brain thought on reading the Ahem.
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Future Incorrect Terms
The word "inch" is an obsolete term for the quantity "25.4 mm"
The word barley corn is an obsolete term for the quantity "8.3666 mm"
The acronym USMA is an obsolete term for a group of people "who
laboured to
bring light to the world, and whose remains are buried in a Sacred
Vault in
the far mountains."
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