Yes, most British people do, but I am not convinced that lorry drivers from abroad do. I often drive a short section (about 4 km) of the M25 (the London ring road) and almost without fail I spot at least one lorry from abroad every time that I drive on that section of road.
_____ From: Jeremiah MacGregor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 January 2009 16:41 To: [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:42694] Re: REALLY using the SI Martin, Do most people know what they mean? Jerry _____ From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:28:26 AM Subject: [USMA:42694] Re: REALLY using the SI Oops - my error But for some inexplicable reason the British Department for Transport use single and double apostrophes to represent feet and inches on road signs. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: 31 January 2009 11:50 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42685] Re: REALLY using the SI On Saturday 31 January 2009 03:56:26 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > The single apostrophe is the symbol for seconds of arc. No, the single prime means arc minutes. The double prime means arc seconds. Pierre
