Try explaining to them it is used in Asia, Africa and South America and they ignore you and only shout louder it is French-European.
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-09-18 10:01 Subject: [USMA:31125] Re: IEC on SI > This site has a very interesting story to tell under "Background", but our > BWMA, Inch Perfect, IAML, F2M, UKIP etc. friends never want to hear about it > as it shatters their lunatic claim that the metric system is "foreign", > "French" and "European". > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris KEENAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2004-09-17 20:05 > Subject: [USMA:31120] IEC on SI > > > > A contributor to the IEE forum discussion on VBM has given us the > following > > link: > > > > http://www.iec.ch/zone/si/si_intro.htm > > > > This is a site new to me, and others may find it of interest. > > > > -- > > Chris KEENAN > > UK Metric Assoc.: metric.org.uk > > > > >
