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A good message and reaction. Proof of the ignorance
of Shelly K. Wong is also that she calls an non standardized set of units the
'standard system'.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, 2006, May 15 2:16
Subject: [USMA:36786] Article in
paper
Dear Brent
Maynard,
I read a recent article about your pro-metric activities with
some alarm (See: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/3861944.html
).
The article was passed on to me through the United States Metric
Association listserv at: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/listserv.htm
It seems that so many people, especially journalists, simply
misunderstand the progress that the metric system has already made in the
USA.
I responded as best I could by sending the letter below to the
help desk at Chron.com in the hope that it might reach Shelley K. Wong, the
author of the article.
Cheers and best wishes,
Pat
Naughtin
PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia
Phone 61 3 5241
2008
Pat Naughtin is
the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, 'Metrication
matters'.
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and the International Federation of Professional Speakers. He is also
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Dear Help Desk Manager,
I am writing to ask a
favor.
Could you please pass on a copy of this email to Shelley K. Wong
of The Associated press? Thank-you.
In an article, Connecticut Educator
Hooked on Metrics, by SHELLEY K. WONG Associated Press Writer (May 13, 2006,
10:45PM) took a position that is somewhat ill-aligned with the
truth.
About Brent Maynard, a chemistry professor at Three Rivers
Community College and a supporter of the metric system, she
wrote:
'But in a country that's hooked on pounds,
gallons and miles, it is a lonely
cause.'
After I visited the USA from March to May last
year I wrote the article below. The truth
is that the USA is already substantially metric. Thinking that you might be interested in an external
perspective on this issue, let me (with
tongue firmly in cheek) explain.
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Don't use
metric!
Pat Naughtin,
Geelong, Australia
(2433
words)
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