Agreed John, and non-US citizens may post in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Commonwealth English, etc. or in any of the other language that I did not list, so long as they are reasonably respectful of the standard rules or accepted practices of that language, whatever they are.
However, all of us must remain aware that there is no such thing as "universal or global English" with respect to spelling and grammar, only SI (m, kg, s,...) is global!! Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:29:18 -0800 (PST) >From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49681] Re: [SI] A mole hill into Himalaya >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Wait. I don't agree with that. I am fine with our > members from Commonwealth nations using Commonwealth > spellings in their posts. What I am tired of is > flogging the spelling issue. I do think the > Americans should use the recommended spelling of > NIST SP330 and US GPO Style Manual. > > If both spellings are acceptable, there is really > nothing to debate, is there? (he asks rhetorically) > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, January 29, 2011 2:13:11 PM > Subject: [USMA:49680] Re: [SI] A mole hill into > Himalaya > Agreed! Let's drop the subject of spelling > *concurrent* with proper respect for > well established laws and practices in the USA which > *do not contradict SI*; which include USMA Web > Pages. > > Please cease and desist addressing messages to the > USMA which deviate from the official USA spellings > (US Government Printing Office) meter and liter. > > Gene. >...
