Did you ever consider burning multiple copies of that nasty style guide in front of everyone as a protest?
It sure looks stupid on the part of the AP when they do it one way and signs and dashboard displays do it entirely correct. From: Carleton MacDonald Sent: Sunday, 2014-05-18 11:54 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53828] RE: How fast? Kilometers on Union County, S.D., signs a relic of failed metric switch To many newspapers – and to my company’s corporate communications department – the AP is God and their stylebook is the Bible, the infallible Word of God. Their copy editors will not allow anything that is not specified in the stylebook. No amount of arguing will change that. Only someone getting to whoever controls the AP Stylebook will. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 06:10 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53827] How fast? Kilometers on Union County, S.D., signs a relic of failed metric switch Article about some "leftover" dual unit speed limit signs in South Dakota. http://siouxcityjournal.com/lifestyles/trends/how-fast-kilometers-on-union-county-s-d-signs-a/article_ea34b317-bb79-5614-9290-69ba46c6cb23.html In spite of the clear "km/h" markings on the sign photo (and also on the guy's speedometer if it were shown), the article doggedly sticks to AP's misuse-of-metric Style Guide by using "kph" as the symbol for kilometers per hour. I'm surprised they didn't photoshop it.
