Pat: It pays to check your links before clicking on Send.
Here, for the benefit of others, is the correct link, minus the w in lwetter: http://metricationmatters.com/newsletter. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Pat Naughtin >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:36 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Cc: Don Hillger; U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:31739] RE: Conversion to kilometres > > >Dear Stephen, > >on 2004-12-31 02.18, Stephen Humphreys at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> <<I have sent a short (stiff) note to the editor at the Sydney Morning >> Herald.>> >> >> I'm not sure if you are aware, but the "flexible" attitude to >representing >> metric is very widespread in Europe - with distances in "mts", speed in >> "kmh" and weight in "KGS". > >I am aware of this and I am opposed to this use of such arbitrary, >incorrect, abbreviations. The International system of units was designed to >be, and it is, simple to use. I have little sympathy for those who try to >complicate it. > >Here are two items from 'Metrication matters' newsletters. (See: >http://metricationmatters.com/newslwetter for back copies. > >** >The internationally accepted symbol for the metre is the >lower-case letter m >without a full stop or period. However this does not stop creativity. In >Geelong, I have found the following incorrect versions of the lower case >letter m on signs, in newspapers, and in advertisements: M, Mt, MT, Mt., >MT., Mtr, Mtr., Mtrs., mr, mr., me, m., ms, ms., mt, mt., mts, mts., mtr, >mtr., mtrs, mtrs., or my personal favourite Mtres. > >The correct symbol for kilogram is kg and the correct symbol for kilograms >is also kg � with no 's' on the end. However, I have seen: Kg, kay-grams, >KG, Kilo, KGs, kay, kilo, kilog, kgram, k-grams, kilos, kaygees, Kilos, k, >kays, Kgs, K, or KGS. >** > >> BTW - how does one post a response to a USMA listserv question >and actually >> see it on the list? >> >I assume that you have subscribed to the list at: >http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/listserv.htm > >If you have and you are still having problems please contact the USMA >webmaster, Don Hillger, at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Cheers and best wishes for your metrication program, > >Pat Naughtin ASM (NSAA), LCAMS (USMA)* >PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia >Phone 61 3 5241 2008 > >Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, >'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by going to >http://www.metricationmatters.com and clicking on 'Newsletter'. > > * Pat is the editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' chapter of the >Australian Government Publishing Service 'Style manual � for writers, >editors and printers', he is an Accredited Speaking Member (ASM) with the >National Speakers Association of Australia, and a Lifetime Certified >Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric >Association. > >
