Ezra is not a madam. In fact, I sincerely doubt if he's ever been in a bordello. Bill
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 05:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:39468] SI-SPELLINGS RE: Aussie SI shared with Americans Ezra, madam: >My one quibble (I don't like having them, but there it is) is that she said kill-AH-meters instead of KILL-oh-mee-ters, but I'll take it >either way. We are aware that dialect/speech expression changes every 30-50 km or so, thus causing variance in speech expression within the same country boundries. For SI, my posting have emphasised that we adopt uniformity in SI-SPELLINGS (by all nations), including America whenever Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI) is referred. This may in a way defeat the non-SI forces attempting to delay metrcation process. Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454367)/630+D-266 G (Sunday, 2007 September 23 H 18:28(decimal) IST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 011-9818775933 (M) 001(201)962-3708(when in US) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:39466] Aussie SI shared with Americans > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:16:13 +0000 > > I always love hearing Australians (and New Zealanders) whenever they quite naturally use metric without any second thoughts or attempts to convert to Imperial. So it was for me listening to Rick Steves show on NPR as this Australian woman talked about her guide book to India and how to travel there. Without missing a beat, she talked about the length of some itinerary in kilometers. No Imperial on her part, and no attempt by Steves to convert to Imperial. Quite nice. > > My one quibble (I don't like having them, but there it is) is that she said kill-AH-meters instead of KILL-oh-mee-ters, but I'll take it either way. Any chance Americans have to hear native speakers of English use SI helps them (or at least most of them, I'll wager) get the message bit by bit to break the old mental equivalence of metric and "foreign" (i.e. non-English). > > Ezra > _____ Can you find the hidden words? Take a break and play Seekadoo! Play now! <http://club.live.com/seekadoo.aspx?icid=seek_wlmailtextlink>
