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Scott Hudnall
From: Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:29:30 +0000
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:35613] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up
How would you make all countries spell it the same?
For example, in Welsh (and I think in Italian?) there is no concept of the
letter 'k' - so how does that work?
>From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [USMA:35606] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up
>Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:35:01 +0000
>
>Vliestra, sir:
>>.....an on-going debate within the GCPM.
>This situation has continued and is *unfortunate* if it is to continue. It
>is therefore for CGPM to make it felt that *aims & ambitions of Le Systeme
>Internationale d'Unites* shall remain un-realised unless a directive were
>issed that ALL countries adopted the same spellings - irrespective of
>regional dialect/pronounciation.
>It is a START that need be made to make SI acceptable by all.
>Regards,
>Brij Bhushan Vij
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>>From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>>Subject: [USMA:35599] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up
>>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:38:24 +0100
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>>The words "Litre" and "metre" do not have an international spelling, even
>>less so the prefix "kilo". The Dutch and the Germans write "meter", the
>>Greeks write "metros" (mu, epsilon, tau, rho, omicron, sigma) while the
>>prefix "kilo", become "chillo" in Italian, and Quilo in Portuguese.
>>However, the symbol "km" is universal but symbol for the litre is the
>>subject of an on-going debate within the GCPM.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:45 PM
>>Subject: [USMA:35592] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up
>>
>>
>> > Fraser, Gregory Peterson & friends:
>> > Half the 'Metrication' battle would automatically won if US adopts the
>> > international SI-spellings for 'Litre & Metre'. Teaching to new
>>generations
>> > shall automatically follow.
>> > Regards,
>> > Brij Bhushan Vij
>>
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