Having consulted the Oxford Concise English Dictionary and the Chambers Dictionary, it would appear that 200 mg is written as "karat" in North America and as "carat" in the United Kingdom. The EU directive uses the spelling "carat" in its English-language text.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: [USMA:37804] Re: piecemeal metrication > On Saturday 20 January 2007 07:43, STANLEY DOORE wrote: > > However, total weight of an item doesn't tell you the quality/percentage of > > total weight of precious metal in the item being purchased. Gold in > > carats tells you the quality but not the quantity of gold in an item such > > as a pin, bracelet or chain. The quality/percentage in pins is greater > > than chains since pins and bracelets don't need the strength which chains > > do for wearing durability. > > That's "karats". A carat is 200 mg. A karat is 1/24. A carrot is 84 g ;) > > Pierre >
