And ignoring the fact that the term "bling bling" is becoming more synonymous with all the things we love to hate.
A bit like "chavs" here in the UK. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian J White Sent: 13 February 2005 17:17 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32251] Re: cool metric Not gonna happen when the "bling-bling" is a set of 24 inch chrome Doves for the Escalade. Yo. <grin> At 09:08 2005-02-13, Paul Trusten wrote: >Scott's comment about the Christo article is important. Inspiration is >the >first ingredient in effective U.S. metrication, and a William Safire New >York Times article last year suggested that metric prefixes were entering >U.S. parlance more readily. But it still takes familiarity to breed >consent, and too many Americans have not been sufficiently oriented to >metric units. It falls to our youth, then, to make metric "cool." They can >make "bling-bling" out of it. > >Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >Editor, "Metric Today" >3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 >Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
