On Monday 19 January 2009 12:37:07 Jason Darfus wrote: > The idea for the customer flyer would have to be simple and to the > point if there's going to be enough room for multiple languages to > include English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Arabic, Russian. It's nice > that the symbols are the same in every language, so those should > definitely be included. It would have to quote the above section of > the U.S. code; inform the customers that they have a choice in what > units of measure they prefer; and that if the USA is ever going to > complete its conversion, most likely it will come from people > requesting it every time they go shopping. > I've wondered what it is that retailers, weather people on TV, and > news journalists are waiting for before they start to make the > switch.. is it a constitutional amendment, law with enforceable > penalties, or a booming voice from the sky commanding that thou shalt > metricate? Barring any of the above, it has to come from the demand > of the people.
I think that the flyer should be in English on one side and one other language on the other. It would be too much to ask a Hispanic or me to pass out flyers in an area where Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, and Hmong throng; I don't know them apart by sound, let alone speak them. But I can tell Francophones and Hispanics apart and hand them the appropriate flyer. How's this for text?: --- 15 USC ยง205b1. It is therefore the declared policy of the United States to designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce; This means, for instance, that when you buy groceries, you have the right to ask for 400 g of chicken or weigh tomatoes in grams in the produce section. The price, also, should be indicated per gram or per kilogram. When you rent an apartment, you have the right to ask how many square meters it is. When you buy a thermometer, you have the right to get one in degrees Celsius. --- I'm thinking A7 size; does that sound right to you? Pierre
