I was in the UK the past couple of weeks. Most interesting was the use of "m" on motorway signs to mean "miles", as in, "A32 exit 1/2 m" ... a sign only 500 mm from the exit would not be very useful.
UKMA is right, it's quite a jumble still. Friends over there said the problem was not doing it all at once like the Australians did. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 03:53 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:33445] Re: BBC-- a basket case? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4646969.stm This one is interesting for the use of "m" to mean "millions": http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4649423.stm >From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:33437] Re: BBC-- a basket case? >Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 16:01:07 +0100 > >Today following the actual impact they report it in metric only: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4647673.stm > >Phil Hall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ezra Steinberg > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:46 AM > Subject: [USMA:33435] BBC-- a basket case? > > > So, here we are, on the web site of the official British news >organization discussing a science event (the crashing of the space probe >into a comet for the first time), and every single appearance of SI is >immediately followed by Imperial (in parentheses): > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4642845.stm > > Sadly, this isn't any better than NASA's site (at least based on the >couple of pages I quickly sampled on this topic), which also leads with SI >and follows with US Customary in parentheses. > > Ah, well. As an eternal optimist, I continue to hold out hope that one >day Britain will once again lead the way! > > Ezra
