[USMA:35400] RE: CMS=cubic meters?

[Remek Kocz]

I've seen boxes with metric only in some places and with an odd mixture of kilograms and cubic feet elsewhere.  It is annoying to see the unit symbols being butchered, but at least it's metric.  The all-capitals scheme may be there because of some oddball US requirements.  Or the warehousing databases cannot differentiate between uppercase and lowercase characters.  I doubt that any of the Asian countries, especially China where most things seem to come form nowadays, would be using the symbols improperly on such a large scale.  CMS is clearly geared at an English-speaking audience (read US), since in metric countries people are familiar with m^3 notation. 

Remek

On 12/11/05, Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

In Costco and elsewhere I see a lot of boxes from Asia with metric-only indications.

 

However, they all:

 

Do it in capitals only

And think they have  to put a plural after the symbol –

 

Just like below.

 

Illiteracy and innumeracy prevail worldwide.

 

Carleton

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:57
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:35383] CMS=cubic meters?

 

Whenever I see the shelves being stocked at Walmart, the shipping boxes are nicely labeled in kilograms (KGS) and
in what I assume to be cubic meters (CMS).  A rough estimate of the volume of the boxes seems to confirm this.  Has anyone else encountered the CMS label?

Remek