"Weather is officially given in metric units"
Not really - which newspaper or television station uses km/h for wind speed?
" but the tabloid press often translate high temperatures into Fahrenheit."
BBC radio quotes both, the tv stations pretty much leave the decision to the
weatherman/woman.
From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:38672] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 10:03:03 +0100
Petrol is priced by the litre it became illegal to price it by the
gallon,
other than as a supplementary unit in 1995.
Weather is officially given in metric units, but the tabloid press often
translate high temperatures into Fahrenheit.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Nat Hager III
Sent: 12 May 2007 23:27
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38669] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph
Carleton,
What do they do with the weather or price of gas/petrol? Metric had pretty
much taken over in those areas last time I visited the UK.
Nat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Carleton MacDonald
Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 17:49
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38668] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph
I get a daily news digest from the Telegraph. The only time they use
metric
in any story is if it is a direct quote.
Carleton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Nat Hager III
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 09:13
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38660] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph
This sounds like solving the Schrödinger wave equation to calculate
electron
orbitals! Are £123 6s 4d and £123 6s 8d separate spin states? Do they
follow
Fermi exclusion principle?
I'll take good 'ol metric dollars and cents and day!
<g>
Nat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 8:26
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38659] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph
It is quite easy to calculate mentally how many times 6s 8d go into £123 9s
9d the answer is 370 times with a remainder of 3s 1d. However 6s 4d is
not so easy after all 6s 8d is exactly one third of a £ while 6s 4d is
not
a sub-multiple of a £). I suspect that somebody had a dim memory of this
short-cut from their school days, but the memory was so dim that they got
confused between 3s 4d (one sixth of a £) and 6s 8d (one third of a £).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Han Maenen
Sent: 12 May 2007 09:52
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:38658] Reaction to the Telegraph
My reaction sent to the Telegraph on the article Stone me!...:
A.C. Sherman: "Hurrah for Imperial Measures! Why is it that we always seem
to have to adopt continental ideas and they never adopt ours?"
Not true whatsoever. We have adopted English as the global language of
communication; English is a mandatory examination subject in all
post-primary schools in mainland Europe. It is even taught in primary
schools here.
The continentals never accepting anything British.. It's exactly the other
way around! You mean of course, that the continent should adopt the English
language AND the Imperial system! As for me, the second part, no way,
never,
ever. I am a proud user of the metric system. And I like to use metric
units
of British origine like the watt, the joule, the kelvin, the volt, etc. I
honour and acknowledge the priceless contributions made to metric by UK and
US scientists.
Last but not least, someone should explain to me how it is possble to
calculate mentally how often 6s 4d go into £123 9s 9d?
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