Sirs:
>....."Metre is un-Amreican."A cause for USA to suffer economically, in the
>hope there may be reversion for WORLD to adopt their -er spellings. BUT is
>this a valid issue to go against the Le Systeme Internationa d'Unites!Brij
>Bhushan Vij
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14:09:30 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:41780] re: re> To:
[email protected]> > With regard to whether there's anything wrong with
continuing the discussion:> > I understand that some (most?) people here
disagree with my claim that the -er spelling is> superior from a linguistics
standpoint, and that in itself wouldn't be worth anyone getting upset> over. It
is a perfectly legitimate subject for debate and everyone is welcome to his/her
view. > What really bothers me is the kind of condescending, Anglocentric
elitism that sometimes> accompanies the arguments some people make for their
opinions on these issues.> > On an otherwise intelligent, multi-national
discussion forum such as this one, I find it odd to> receive the occasional
message sneering that the reason for the spelling difference is that the>
people of the United States are inherently too incompetent to understand any
basic language rule. > It would be easy for someone else to retaliate with a
similarly adolescent nationalistic attack> and we could have ourselves a good,
old-fashioned flamewar. Instead, I propose to drop the> subject before it
incites any farther conflict.> > --- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >
Patrick and Pat:> > > > I think some in this discussion are taking this too
seriously. My> > "pseudo-graffiti," for example, was simply in a message to
this list server> > (about ten years ago).> > > > I'm not aware of anyone here
who is pushing to create a flood of> > documentation (editorial, informational,
specificational, educational, or> > otherwise) promoting metre over meter
within the US. Some years ago, there> > were a couple of zealots on the list
who might have done so, but they seem> > to have disappeared into the mists of
time.> > > > In the meantime, there's nothing wrong with the discussion itself
(Brian's> > comments notwithstanding). Anyone who thinks it's too trivial can
ignore it,> > after all.> > > > 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 Patrick
Moore> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:23> > To: U.S. Metric
Association> > Subject: [USMA:41777] re: re> > > > > > The graffiti implies
that metre is a misspelling, which of course it is - in> > the USA.> > > > I
can't think of anything that members of this group could do that would> > more
greatly, or with less effort, impede metrication than to distribute> >
literature that thoughtlessly uses the -re spelling. It provokes xenophobic> >
rejection.> > > > > > _____ > > > > From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:54:28 +1000> > To:
"U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association"
<[email protected]>> > 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 > > > > > > _____ >
> > > > > Bill Potts> > > > WFP Consulting <http://wfpconsulting.com/>
<http://wfpconsulting.com/> > > Roseville, CA> > <http://metric1.org>
http://metric1.org <http://metric1.org/>> > <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>> >
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> > > > 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/>> >
http://www.metricationmatters.com/ <http://www.metricationmatters.com/>> >
<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/>> >
http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ to subscribe. > > > > > > > > > >
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