Different languages spell things differently, for example, in French,
British, metre, in German, Dutch, American, meter. So which is correct?
Both are. Or in Spanish, metro.
David K
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
Good point.
Meter could be the name for a device while metre could be a unit of
measure.
Nice distinction.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 1:10 AM
Subject: [USMA:38958] Metre vs meter RE: Re: Increasing use of non US
SI spellings
Sirs:
From my own point of view, I use a "meter" to measure voltage, but I
measure out a "metre" of >cloth.
If United States mean to adopt 'metric system' even in the remote future,
why have THIS ambiguity in mind, when Le Systeme Internationale
d'Unites -
the SI Metric system of units, support and advocate ONLY the use of METRE
for length unit 'metre'?
Meter is only a measuring instrument to measure 'certain' quantities.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
