Partly failure of Metric Reform in US is due to NOT following the Le Internationale d'Unites norms and adhering to local practice. It is, imperative, therfore that SI norms be encouraged alongwith the political will that can make meaningful turn towards adoption of the *Move to Metric*...... in (for example) the USA and Germany 'metre' has been spelled as 'meter'
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From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:31881] Re: "UK measures"/FFU's Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:34:35 -0000
In the UK grammes can be spelled either way - as grammes or grams. Like programmes and programs where technically the correct UK spelling is programmes, then grammes should really be spelled grammes.
In the UK a 'meter' is a device for measuring things, odometer, parking meter etc etc.
However, in (for example) the USA and Germany 'metre' has been spelled as 'meter'. This has less repercussions in Germany as 'meter' does not also mean 'measuring device' (I believe)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David King Sent: 12 January 2005 13:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31879] Re: "UK measures"/FFU's
Grammes is the French spelling, grams is the English spelling.
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Stephen Humphreys wrote:
> unit spellings such as 'gms' from grammes and 'mts' for metres are > used all over mainland europe, which -in effect- was the first fully > metric area of the world. > > I believe that only a small minority of special interest groups in > countries that are trying to adopt metric keep going on about the > strictness of how to use metric (and thus scaring off 'middle of the > roaders'). Comments like "it must be a single lower case g with > exactly one space between the number and the unit' tend to only be > heard from individuals from USA, UK and Canada - where, to most > people, metric became a DCO unit. > >
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