I remember Congress rejecting metre as being somehow un-American, which led me to create the pseudo graffiti saying, "Metre is un-Amreican." Bill _____
Bill Potts W <http://wfpconsulting.com/> FP Consulting Roseville, CA <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 20:25 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41727] metre or meter >From time to time over the last 30 or so years I have heard of a 'gentlemen's agreement' where the USA would accept the -re in metre as a quid pro quo for Britain's giving up the -me on kilogramme. I'm thinking that this would have happened in the 1970s. Does anyone know anything about such an agreement. 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 to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ to subscribe.
