I reluctantly reply as USMA server feels I want to talk of time/calendars or that afterall I am an Indian - and an out of 'the stream individual'.
Language changes every 50 to 100 km; and thoughts change every alternate generation'. I positively do not think what my grandfather thought. In his times, Indian currency was:
Rupee/Athani/Chavani/Anna/Paisa/Dhela/Pie/Damari - some eight steps to the rupee. I have seen Damari BUT spent Pie to buy my 'childhood favourite - churmara' from the strret vendor.
After partition, Dhela/Pie/Damri were lost and Paisa/Anna/Chavani/Athani/Rupaiya (Rupee) remained till 1956 December 28 when India adopted *Metric System*. My grand children even have NOT heard due to their relocation etc. But, where is the point 'in harping - what was then in use'.
Today, we use *Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI)* and we should worry how to use THIS and/or make changes so geration of our grands children remember us - that they feel pride in recalling our memoires.
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20050203H2097(decimal) PM(IST)
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
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Thirty days in July, September:
April, June, November, December;
All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
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From: Tom Wade VMS Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:32188] RE: Irish road metrication Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:53:16 +0100 (WET-DST)
>Yoiks - it appears that Irish schools retained the teaching of >'evolved-out' units more than British Schools.
Lest I have given a misleading impression, I remember being taught imperial
units in primary [grade?] school. I entered secondary [high] school in
1970, and that was the year they switched to metric. No imperial units have
been taught since.
>The furthest I can remember back is 5p called "5 new pence". The >decimalisation thing was "before me" do to speak. Don't ask me how many >p's in a � there were!
There were 12 "old pence" which made a shilling. Twenty shillings made
a pound. Coins were 1/4 d (d=old penny), 1/2 d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1s (shilling),
2s, 2s6d (two-shillings-and-six-pence or 2.5 shillings). There was also a
10s note. Money was quoted as �3-12-10 (3 pounds twelve shillings and
10 pence). Change from a five pound note would be calculated as
�1-7-2. It was a dreadfully complicated system. Thanks to your recent
ancestors, who were willing to undergo the temporary inconvenience of change,
you don't have to grapple with it. It's a pity that so many who have
benefited are not prepared to undergo a similar temporary inconvenience so
that their children don't have to grapple with similar awkward conversions
in their measurements.
>Personally I believe that money matters are best done decimally.
Any calculations involving a base 10 numbering system are better done in
a decimal system. 16 ounces to a pound makes sense if you work in hexadecimal.
You find money matters easy to do because that is what you are familiar with.
Similarly you find imperial easier because it is what you are familiar with.
It's like typing with two fingers. Trying to change to standard typing results
in a temporary loss of efficiency, because you are not used to it. Persevere,
and you'll never go back.
We should probably avoid straying into any further EU-in-or-out argument, as it is off topic.
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