[USMA:33465] Re: London terror

[Daniel]

I heard the exact same interview.  She gave her name as Abigail Milner (sp) and looked like a young girl in her twenties.    To those who would say that the UK is still imperial or the people still speak imperial, this person was a poor advertisement.  When a person such as this from the UK speaks metric freely to a world audience, it tells the world that the people of the UK do speak metric in casual speech.    I'm sure most people don't think about the units used in the UK or elsewhere but when an American hears someone speaking English and using metric terms freely the impression set is that the person comes from a metric country and uses metric freely in her other conversations as well.    The horror of the events in London today shouldn't be cheapened by battles over measuring units but it did give us the opportunity to hear for ourselves in a time of crises that real English people do speak metric.  I'm sure this person isn't a lone wolf but one of many.   Dan     ----- Original Message ----- From: John Woelflein To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, 2005-07-07 15:32 Subject: [USMA:33464] London terror Just listening to CNN interviewing a young female witness to the bus explosion in central London earlier today, and she said that she was about "15 or 20 m away" from the bus when the bomb went off. This was an ordinary person giving a vivid description to her experience. No mention of yards, etc.   John in NH          John Woelflein Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 2005-07-06