On Jun 14 , at 8:52 PM, Brian White wrote: > But Bill, regardless-- (1800cc is) pronounced eighteen hundred see see. And, > That's hardly a problem.
I agree that it IS done the way you say. What I am saying is, that it is not correct SI to say it that way. Therefore, it should NOT be said that way. Those who DO say it that way need to be informed why it is bad practice and encouraged to use correct practice. You seem to think a mish-mash of various SI and non-SI measures and their expressions is "hardly a problem". I maintain that it is a BIG problem. If everyone makes up his or her own pet ways of using SI (by altering the way they write or pronounce the measures) then we will quickly degenerate into the same miserable mess we have had with all the varieties of old English measures. Everybody wants to have his or her own "special unit" or special way of saying or writing it. When everybody has a different way of using/saying/writing the measures, then NO ONE will be able to understand anyone else. Mutual understanding is far more important than mere ease of writing or speaking the measures. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ==========================
