At least the Post left the measurements out entirely, and didn't dumb them down for the American audience.
I read the Washington Post daily, and it's rare that metric units are used; when they are, they're often indiscriminately mixed with colonial units, and always spelled out in full. Carleton _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 16:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40322] 113 kg Brown bear Dear All, This is an interesting story about a brown bear from Iran that was adopted by the Polish Army that was mentioned on the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) News. In the full story is at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/27/2147412.htm the bear is described as being 1.8 metres and 113 kilograms. However, when the Washington Post ran the same story at: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2008/01/voytek_the_soldier_bear_of_po l_1.html they chose to remove any references to metres and kilograms presumably to protect the good citizens of the USA from these foreign influences. Most other sources for this story (and there are many - it's a great story) chose to use rather clumsy constructions like: Voytek, a 113-kilogram, 1,8-metre (249-pound, nearly six feet) brown bear, was adopted by the Poles after they found it in Iran in 1943. ... Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more metrication information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or subscribe to the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter at http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/
