Dear Remek, You could write and congratulate them quoting specific instances. I am often amazed at the effect this has.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2010/11/19, at 12:54 , Remek Kocz wrote: > A while ago someone here mentioned noticing a National Geographic article on > the web using metric. It looks like I have some more good news in that > direction. My kids have started getting an NG "Explorer" magazine which is > not only using metric, but uses it first with imperial in parentheses. > Although often it's obvious the original source is imperial, the conversions > are clean, much like in Time magazine. This magazine seems to be directed at > English-speaking audiences of the Pacific Rim, including Australia and New > Zealand. However, the unit spellings are US English. > > By pure coincidence I also visited a bookstore today, where I looked at a > couple of NG books. Amazingly enough, both used metric. One about space > used metric first, while the one about animal migrations, used metric in > parentheses. > > So, have we had a change of management at NG, or are they finally facing the > reality that English speakers outside the States not only speak metric, they > prefer it? Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
