Thanks Paul,
You are right. I will reconsider where I use the expression 'dumbing
down'.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
On 2009/03/20, at 2:43 AM, Paul Armstrong wrote:
At 2009-03-19T20:04+1100, Pat Naughtin wrote:
Granted, there are other amounts that do not appear at first
sight to
be round metric system values but the few that I have given here
are
probably enough to suspect that the USPS approaches their pricing
with
a copy of the Universal Postal Union set of metric system
guidelines
in their hand as they dumb down the values for the citizens of the
USA.
A note on language.
Dumbing down means to simplify (yes, it's a perjorative term, but not
the right one for us to use).
They're actually complexifying the values for the citizens of the USA.
Paul
--
End dual-measurement, let's finish going metric!
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