[USMA:35629] Re: Letter K RE: RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up

[Martin Vlietstra]

 Neither Italian, Portugeuse or Greek have the letter "k"  in their alphabets, so they write "kilometre" as "chilometro", "quilometro" and "kiloμέτρο" respectively  (I have taken this text from the EU directives).  All however use the symbol "km/h". ----- Original Message ----- From: James Hudnall To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:37 PM Subject: [USMA:35627] Re: Letter K RE: RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up I did not mean my post to say that Spanish-speakers are not aware of the letter K, nor did I mean it to say that they do not use it. Like a lot of languages, Spanish sometimes borrows words from other languages. In fact, the letter k is used in the spanish word "kilómetro" which means kilometer. Patrick Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In SI, the "letter" K (for kelvin) is not really a letter but a symbol. Spanish keyboards have K on them, so it should be much less a problem for Spaniards than the euro symbol is for me! > From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:09:22 +0000 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" > Subject: [USMA:35625] Letter K RE: RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up > > Sirs: >&! gt; Spanish has no letter K..... > When Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI - is made mandatory for use by > ALL nations), I wonder what is the issue - Spanish has no letter K.... I am > sure 'every SCRIPT' can be transformed to spoken dialect e.g Hindi has > 'k,ka...; urdu has 'kaf, kaaf etc.' > Regards, > Brij Bhushan Vij > (Sunday, Kali 5106-W39-00)/D-010(Tuesday, 2006 January 10H15:13(decimal) ET > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda > Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 > Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 > (365th day of Year is World Day) > ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendar****** > 2108 Henry Court, MAHWAH NJ 07430 (USA) > Telephone: +001(201)684-0191 > > >> From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" >>! Subject: [USMA:35623] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up >> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:01:31 -0800 >> >> Spanish has no letter K, except in words borrowed from other languages, >> like >> kilómetro (symbol km). >> >> >> -- >> 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" >> 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" >>> 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 >>> (Friday, Kali 5106-W38-05)/D-008(Sunday, 2006 January 08H14:58(decimal) >> ET >>> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda >>> Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 >>> Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 >>> (365th day of Year is World Day) >>> ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendar****** >>> 2108 Henry Court, MAHWAH NJ 07430 (USA) >>> Telephone: +001(201)684-0191 >>> >>> >>>> From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" >>>> Subject: [USMA:35599] RE: Fw: 365 days What's Up >>>> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:38:24 +0100 >>>> >>>> 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 >>&g! t;> 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" >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >> >> >> << image.jpg >> >