The term Tonne is fairly widespread worldwide (at least in English speaking
countries) where if differentiates the metric ton from the original short or
long ton.
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 May, 2006 23:59
Subject: [USMA:36748] A change in my previous position
After much thought (and some experimentation) I am changing my previous
position of endorsing the use of centimeters for personal private use.
I have decided it would indeed be easier in the long run even for private
individuals to stay with multiples of 1000. As Pat and others have
suggested.
However I do disagree with Pat in one small area. The use of "tonne" for
1000 kilograms. To me this smacks of the Imperial / USC unit of "ton".
Thus I prefer "megagram" for this unit.
Linda Bergeron
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