Carleton, I also like the derogatory tone and antiquity implication of your preferred term "colonial units." However, the symbol CU means Champaign-Urbana locally.
Please do use your term "colonial units," written in full, to mean the same *exclusions* as units "Outside SI" OSI. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:05:55 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [USMA:50136] Re: 'Words' and their impact on metrication in the >USA >To: [email protected] >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > I still like "colonial units" - not only is it > historically correct but it adds just enough disdain > to get the message across. And people outside our > group understand it. > > > > Carleton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:30:15 AM > Subject: [USMA:50136] Re: 'Words' and their impact > on metrication in the USA > > Bob, Tim, and Ron, > > Here is an even better acronym for units "Outside > the SI" (OSI). > > OSI is shorter than USC, and shorter than > inch-pound. Even if, by a typo error, OSI appears > as 0SI (The zero "0 " is directly above O on most > keyboards.) it still conveys the same "0utside SI" > meaning, and OSI can be construed to exclude the > units isted in Table 10 and Table 11 of NIST SP 811, > on Page 11, such as erg, dyne. gauss, torr, kgf, > calorie, etc. as "not accepted for use with the SI > by this Guide" SP 811. > > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:44:07 -0600 > >From: "Robert H. Bushnell" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:50121] Re: 'Words' and their impact > on metrication in the USA > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Cc: USMA <[email protected]> > > > > 2011 March 19 > > Tim, > > I do not use the words English, imperial and USC > to > > refer to the set > > of units used in the USA. I always say > inch-pound. > > USC comes from United States Customary. Well, > we > > have a law which > > says SI is our set of units. So, SI should be > > "customary". To say our > > inch-pound units are "customary" damages the > logic > > that we should change > > to SI. A change away from "customary" units is > hard > > to sell. > > Let us make SI customary. > > Robert Bushnell > > -------------------------------------------- > > On Mar 19, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Tim Williamson > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Our goal is to encourage the metrication of > our > > country. Whatever our differences may be > > regarding specific 'words' or even specific > names, > > and to some extent even the meaning of the > 'words' > > in question, is superseded by the goal of > bringing > > the USA into the modern world where trade, > > commerce, science and technology is dominated > by > > the use of SI metric units domestically and > > worldwide...
