I don't know the specific symbols that were used, this is a story told to me by a fellow math teacher at a college where I used to work about an experience his brother had as a physician.
IT is something I was reminded of when I heard about some other stories of confusions with symbols and abbreviations for units. Mark On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, May 05, 2014 10:20:27 Mark Henschel wrote: > > "Three times a day?" said my friends brother. "It was three times a > month!" > > What *is* the symbol for a month? > > For that matter, I've seen both "a" and "y" for year, and both have > problems > (ignoring what exact definition of year you mean, if you need to specify): > "Gy" > and "Pa" are symbols for other units. > > Pierre > -- > When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. > Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada. > >
