Stan, Bill: It is a good idea to be BRIEF and to the point; but concurrent with this is the need to teach 'what Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites specify' to be learnt in due time phasing. Let this NOT continue to argue 'spellings for Litre & Metre' for another 200-years and start thinking afresh.....shall we or should we? For now, Giga Watt (geega-watt instead of jiga-watt) seem better, say for 5/10 years.....BUT how long! Let CGPM... say to follow. Brij Bhushan Vij
(MJD 2455028)/1361+D-205W29-02 (G. Tuesday, 2009 July 14H12:10 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:45362] Re: Brevity Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:21 -0400 Talking about splitting hair! The symbol pronunciation leads to brevity in principle. As for the GW pronounced as <g w>, anyone driving about or thru NYC will hear of the <g w> bridge. How convenint - the SI symbol pronunciation is already common on I-95. :-) I don't understand the resistance to the brevity advantage. E.g., <p s i> pronunciation is perfectly okay but <p a> is not. I repeat, people do not need to know that those symbols are metric or what they mean. Just as many people do not know what psi means but can use their tire pressure gage. Bill, are you telling a computer store clerk how much computer memory you want in jig....? Everybody else says gig.... (as in giggle) latest since 1980. Thus a gig-a-watt, not jig.... Stan Jakuba ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Hooper To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 09 Jun 18, Thursday 20:53 Subject: [USMA:45245] Re: Brevity On May 10 , at 9:45 PM, Stan Jakuba wrote: As another example, ... the same with GW. Let's use only the symbol, not the word gigawatt, and pronounce it g w . This one example does not illustrate your point well. Your point was that pronouncing the letters of the symbol is simpler (or at least shorter) than pronouncing the name of the unit. Pronouncing the letters of the symbol "GW" is LONGER than pronouncing the name "gigwatt": "GW" is pronounced "gee dub-uhl-you", four syllables. "Gigawatt" is pronounced "jig-a-watt", only three syllables. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ========================== _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290
