"fuel economy" instead of "mileage", "area" instead of "acreage", "length" instead of "footage" - it can be done.
cm P.S. The Rank Organisation has made great movies. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >From: Scott Hudnall > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" > >Subject: [USMA:39044] Re: Non-metric idioms and figures of speech > >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:19:25 -0700 > > > > I think words persist long after anyone know their meaning. For instance, > >video is mostly digital these days, and measured in by time index in > >seconds, rather than by the foot - but the term "footage" still persists. > > > > I used to work for UK company Rank and they expressed film manufacture in > footage in their final accounts to shareholders. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch all 9 Live Earth concerts live on MSN. http://liveearth.uk.msn.com >
