Ah, so *that* explains why BBC World (provided in the wee hours of the morning
via Public Radio International and broadcast over National Public Radio here in
the States) always sounds metric. Too bad the same usage of metric isn't
provided for domestic consumption in the UK.
Ezra
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From: Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Not so. Not at all.
>
> The use of yards in hockey, miles in the marathon - miles for bike races -
> for
> example, and various other usages. It's up to the commentator who will
> probably
> be unaware of any underlying 'measurement battles' so to speak.
>
> Running events, for example, would never be translated from meters into yards
> -
> however - when they looked at Usain Bolt's (sp?) run yesterday the BBC
> graphics
> and commentary showed a slo-mo of him running and each pace was superimposed
> by
> a line growing to 8ft (shown in the graphics), then showing his height in
> feet
> and inches too, graphically. All this was in the commentary too. They
> compared
> his pace with the "next best" showing his pace in feet too.
>
> CNN international and BBC World tend to try to stick to metric, whereas
> domestic
> output is altogether very different. In the UK we cannot get BBC World (not
> without home made decryption cards etc!!).
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject:
> [USMA:41603] Olympics in UK reported solely in metric> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008
> 04:52:07 +0000> > I checked with one of my UKMA contacts about units used in
> TV
> coverage of the Olympics in the UK. He tells me it has been entirely in
> metric.>
> > I wonder if Tom Wade can confirm that this is also the case in Ireland. (I
> hope so!)> > Ezra>
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Not so. Not at all.
The use of yards in hockey, miles in the marathon - miles for bike races - for example, and various other usages. It's up to the commentator who will probably be unaware of any underlying 'measurement battles' so to speak.
Running events, for example, would never be translated from meters into yards - however - when they looked at Usain Bolt's (sp?) run yesterday the BBC graphics and commentary showed a slo-mo of him running and each pace was superimposed by a line growing to 8ft (shown in the graphics), then showing his height in feet and inches too, graphically. All this was in the commentary too. They compared his pace with the "next best" showing his pace in feet too.
CNN international and BBC World tend to try to stick to metric, whereas domestic output is altogether very different. In the UK we cannot get BBC World (not without home made decryption cards etc!!).
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:41603] Olympics in UK reported solely in metric
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:52:07 +0000
>
> I checked with one of my UKMA contacts about units used in TV coverage of the Olympics in the UK. He tells me it has been entirely in metric.
>
> I wonder if Tom Wade can confirm that this is also the case in Ireland. (I hope so!)
>
> Ezra
>
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