The issue that could be the "rub" has to do with communications that refer to standards, rules, etc. that are officially in metric.
For example, all dimensions for road signs are given in metric (millimeters). Does the new edict mean that these will have to reprinted (the documents) using Imperial? The dimensions will not be exact in this case. Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 7, 2010 1:06:02 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:47551] RE: UK Transport Minister banishes metric in all official communications He's basically asked that all correspondence must be in imperial. Even with a pro-metric heart, while the signs are still imperial isn't it common sense to refer to those same things in the same 'language'? I don't mean this to be pro- or anti- anything but I'm posing it as a question that might usually run counter to your gut instinct but with bitten lip causes you to see the reason in this case. I'm not allowed to choose feet or metres when asking for pipe length recently (the law states metres, even though I wanted a third of that). I don't deliberately ask for 3 feet and X inches or 1 and a bit yards to avoid the use of metres. Hope that makes sense. Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 19:13:56 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47547] UK Transport Minister banishes metric in all official communications Is this barmy or what? Hammond has clearly gone 'round the bend ... http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/179560/This-U-turn-on-metric-is-miles-better Ezra Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now.
