The newly developed European garment labeling standard EN-13402 uses
centimetres (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN_13402)
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Hooper
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:56 AM
Subject: [USMA:37888] Re: Are there Decimeters ? If sow then Where?
I am becoming mored an more convinced that Pat is ritght in trying to get rid
of the prefix "centi-", But there are indeed reasons why it may not be easy.
He, himself, quotes some from South African sources (below).
On 2007 Jan 26 , at 12:06 AM, Pat Naughtin wrote:
Here is an extract from the July/August 1978 edition of the South African
Metrication News.
(snip)
4. It should be noted that the objection to centimetre is confined to its
use as a linear measure. When raised to the second and third powers, as in
areas and volumes respectively, it is necessary to employ square centimetres
and cubic centimetres to render the steps between successive multiples of area
and volume, practical ones.
This (above) is another situation where it is going to be difficult to get
rid of centi-, even if we want to.
5. In South Africa the centimetre is used in the clothing and textile
industries and therefore also for related dimensions of the human body. It
should, preferably, not be introduced elsewhere.
And here (abvoe) even South Africa compromises on trying to get rid of the
centimetre.
Bill Hooper
1810 mm tall
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
