I also share this sentiment. Thanks for sharing that perspective with
us.
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 12:59:12 +0000
From: "Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:53868] RE: Phil Chernack's message
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
My thoughts exactly.
FROM: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] ON
BEHALF OF Harry Wyeth
SENT: Thursday, May 22, 2014 5:23 PM
TO: U.S. Metric Association
SUBJECT: [USMA:53860] Phil Chernack's message
I second what Phil wrote about not worrying about the minute; 5 K vs
5 km or 5 KM or whatever. Or weight vs mass. Or KG vs kg or kilos.
Or
liter vs litre. Or however you want to pronounce kilometer. Or "a
half
liter" vs "500 ml". It may be nice to debate these fine points here,
but it makes no difference whatever to what the USMA is trying to
promote because no one outside this forum gives a hoot about these
points.
If someone wants to talk about running 10 K races, great! I use the
term myself frequently when telling people distances because I know that
it will probably be understood better than the full word. I would sound
silly if I referred to people "having a mass" of xyz.
I have said many times that if we can just get people to deal with
liters, meters, and kilos, we would be home free. All the rest is
techie stuff to almost everybody.
HARRY WYETH
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