Dear Jim, I heartily agree with you when you say:
> I have not said this on the forum in awhile, so allow me to say it again: > there is no doubt in my mind that the USA is metricating, even in consumer > products. It is not happening too fast, but I think we are near a "tipping > point," where manufacturers will no longer fear consumer backlash, and so over > the next few years we will see many more metric products, and colloquial usage > (finally) start to fade. Like you I have no doubt that progress is being made in the USA as part of a metrication process that is completely inevitable. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216 Geelong, Australia Phone 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. Subscribe at http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter Pat is recognised as a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric Association. He is also editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' section of the Australian Government Publishing Service 'Style manual for writers, editors and printers'. He is a Member of the National Speakers Association of Australia and the International Federation for Professional Speakers. See: http://www.metricationmatters.com This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be partly or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender by return email.
