Phil, Roberts sirs:
.....spell metre differently from the rest of the English speaking world.
Why do we wish to leave 'loop holes'? It is NOT the English speaking world
or people BUT the Le Systeme Imternationale d'Unites (SI) recommendation
that Americans or for that matter any country take its lead from!
Adopt the SI usage, is my view.
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From: "Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:34495] Re: spelling Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:05:45 -0400
Oh how Noah Webster is spinning in his grave! There's a great book called
"The Story of English" by Robert MacNeil that explains the history of
English and the world-wide differences in it. Maybe then it will make
sense
why we Americans are a little different :-)
Phil
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It seems silly to me that we as Americans decide to spell metre differently
from the rest of the English speaking world. As far as I'm concerned the
spelling is metre and litre, and centre, and colour, and programme &c. I
see no reason to have two different sets of spellings for English words.
Richard
In a message dated 2005-09-16 19:00:31 Eastern Standard Time,
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2005 September 16
Spelling is the subject in 33985 and 33988. In the USA NBS
published Special Publication 330 through 1974 with the
spelling metre. In the 1977 edition the spelling is meter.
330 is the US printing of the English version of Le Systeme
international d'Unites.
It is my understanding that the Government Printing Office,
which publishes NBS documents, asserted that it determines
spelling in the documents it publishes and said the
spelling is meter.
As a result, Chester Page declined to be listed as editor.
Robert Bushnell PhD PE
Secretary ASTM Committee E43 on SI Practice
