I understand. However, isn't it useful to include the name International
System of Units (SI) and that the SI is metric but not all metric is SI so
that readers begin to understand the universality of the SI metric system?
My comment was not intended to use the SI exclusively in your comments but
as supplementary useful information.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:50 AM
Subject: [USMA:38485] Re: Christian Science Monitor Commentary
In your letter to the CS Monitor, you neglected to mention the SI. You
only used the term "metric." As you know, the SI is metric but not all
metric is SI.
There are two reasons why I'd recommend the term 'metric' over the (abeit
more accurate) term 'SI' in any promotion.
1. Familiarity. Most people will already have heard the term metric, but
I doubt if there had heard of SI before (unless they are in Science, and
they are probably already using it). Certainly people here who use metric
in their everyday lives would be unfamiliar with the term 'SI', and I
doubt if it would be that different in the US. By introducing yet another
term, you run the risk of confusing people ("what's this SI thing ?
Weren't we being asked to go to metric up to now ? Since they can't make
up their mind, let's stick to what we've always used").
2. This one pertains only to the US. Which do you think will be more
likely to be met with a hostile response, the word 'metric' or a term
which is in French, and has the word 'international' in it ?
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