Mike,
The comma is the normal decimal separator over the whole world except for the
Anglo-Saxon nations. The SI manual pointedly uses the comma in the French text
and the dot in the English text as a decimal separator. I in fact prefer the
comma as it is less likely to be missed.
If you have a PC, try playing around with the international settings and you
will be surprised at the variations used for decimal separators, representation
of the date etc around the globe.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Millet
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:47 AM
Subject: [USMA:37958] Re: mm vs. cm
I don't care what they use as long as they get rid of the comma and use a
decimal point to denote tenths of a centimeter. I also noticed today that all
of my dress belts for my pants are marked in inches and centimeters which is a
first for me. I don't believe I've ever seen anything clothing related marked
in metric anything :).
Mike
On 2/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
I'm wondering if our Australian folks can tell us what people Down Under
prefer to use when talking about the height cleared by a high jumper or the
length of skis.
Ezra
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Harry Wyeth" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I cast my vote for continued use of cm. mm is useful, of course,
depending on
> the size involved. It's easy to say that a sliver in your finger is 3 mm
long,
> but much more convenient to say your skis are 180 cm in length or that
the down
> tube on your bike is 46 cm or that the high jumper cleared 195 cm. My
height is
> 176 cm, or "one seventy six". People understand the differences between
mm and
> cm, and I don't really think there is danger of confusion. Using cm a
lot will
> not delay whatever progress we may make in metrication in this country.
>
> HARRY WYETH
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Harry Wyeth" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:06:17 +0000
Subject: [USMA:37956] mm vs. cm
I cast my vote for continued use of cm. mm is useful, of course, depending
on the size involved. It's easy to say that a sliver in your finger is 3 mm
long, but much more convenient to say your skis are 180 cm in length or that
the down tube on your bike is 46 cm or that the high jumper cleared 195 cm. My
height is 176 cm, or "one seventy six". People understand the differences
between mm and cm, and I don't really think there is danger of confusion.
Using cm a lot will not delay whatever progress we may make in metrication in
this country.
HARRY WYETH
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