I've found that most people have no idea what an acre is either. Turns out
it's an area for which no one has any idea of the size.
Mike Payne
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From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 23 July 2007 09:25
Subject: [USMA:39155] RE: Pure SI for area in UK?
I don't think that many people will know what a hectare is in the UK as
output usually talks of acres. Similarly estate agents talk about area in
terms of acres although I have seen bracketed ha quoted after sometimes to
a ridiculous acuracy (as if someone got the calculator out). This BBC
page is odd that it uses only ha (they usually quote the two systems)
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:39149] Pure SI for area in UK?
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:54:58 +0000
I noticed in this BBC News science article that only the hectare is used
for area.
It looks like non-SI units for area are either a vanishing breed or gone
altogether:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6909249.stm
Perhaps UK readers can confirm.
Ezra
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