The point being made was that millions of people world-wide heard an English
woman saying metres. These people are not going to listen to radio stations
looking for people who don't say metres. The impression she would leave in
the minds of listeners is that the people of the UK freely and casually
speak metres.
We aren't using the occasion of the attacks to battle over units, but to
express an observation. Others have expressed the same observation.
Yes, if I am pro-metric and a fan of metric I could be called a fanatic. A
fanatic promotes his views. Just like you are a fanatic of imperial. If
you weren't you wouldn't be a daily poster to the BWMA site or here.
Dan
"The horror of the events in London today shouldn't be cheapened by
battles over measuring units "
But you've done just that with your fantasism.
I've said it before - tune in to any radio from the UK on the web and
listen that way.
Someone saying "metres" in these circumstances is trivial considering the
subject.
I, for one, am not going to further this with examples of other people
talking in a different way.
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