The use of meter would be nice to use for a gauge and metre for metric
length or distance. However, Americans have a problem using further and
farther correctly, so accommodating the metre-meter difference would be a major
problem in usage.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [USMA:41774] RE: metre or meter
On 2008/09/17, at 2:41 PM, Bill Potts wrote:
I remember Congress rejecting metre as being somehow un-American, which led
me to create the pseudo graffiti saying, "Metre is un-Amreican."
Bill
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Bill Potts
WFP Consulting
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
Dear Bill,
I tried to check the details of how and when Congress made this decision at
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/multicongress/multicongress.html but could not find
any references that included meter and metre and spelling. Perhaps I'm not
searching the right way or am I at the wrong site for this. Can you (or anyone
else) help?
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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