"metre and litre" have not been chosen for US english.
NIST has chosen meter and liter. Also note that SI does not specify spelling.
Robert H. Bushnell
On Jun 22, 2014, at 7:52 PM, Harold_Potsdamer wrote:
> Can you provide an examples or evidence where the metric units have multiple
> spellings within the same language?
>
> It is totally irrelevant how different languages spell the metric units. The
> fact is they spell it one way and only one way within the same language. The
> spelling metre and litre has been chosen for English and that is what we need
> to stick to. Otherwise it looks like metric is a divided and inconsistent
> system. The metric system is unified and the spelling of the units within
> the same language must be consistent.
>
> English may have evolved two different spellings for many words, but that
> does not apply to SI units. In the same token that British spellings are
> found in American usage when it is beneficial to do so, standardised metric
> unit spellings need to be the exception.
>
> From: [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, 2014-06-22 19:02
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:54014] How meter is spelled in non-English languages
>
> I did a little research on how meter is spelled in various non-English
> languages. According to https://translate.google.com the primary SI unit is
> spelled meter in thirteen non-English languages. Those 13 languages are
> Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, German, Hausa, Islandic, Indonesian, Latin, Malay,
> Norwegian, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish. Hungarian has an accent mark in the
> first syllable méter (which is pretty close to meter, so 14 if you count
> Hungarian). The primary SI unit is spelled metre in only two non-English
> languages. Those two languages are Catalan and Turkish. French has an accent
> mark in the first syllable: mètre (which is pretty close to metre, so 3 if
> you count French). Other languages have many different variations (for
> example, metro in Spanish). Some languages use non-Latin-based scripts.
> (English is written in a Latin-based script.) English, as we already know,
> has evolved two different spellings for many words, not just for the word
> meter / metre.
>
> ----- Message from Brian White <[email protected]> ---------
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:39:24 -0700
> From: Brian White <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:54013] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>
>> Meter and metre are fine. Both are better than feet or yards.
>> From: Harold_Potsdamer
>> Sent: 6/21/2014 4:37
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:54012] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube
>>
>> A lot of people make spelling errors, it doesn’t mean it is right.
>>
>> Why didn’t they just use the symbol “m”?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: [email protected]
>> Sent: Friday, 2014-06-20 23:53
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:54010] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube
>>
>> Harold. Clearly, the signs say 1 METER - 2 METERS - 3 METERS et cetera,
>> rendered with the American spelling, not the British spelling.
>>
>> ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> ---------
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:44:48 -0400
>> From: Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [USMA:53999] tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube
>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMSStSeQyUI&feature=player_detailpage#t=50
>>>
>>> The distances are measured in metres.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> -----
>>
>>
>> David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
>
>
>
> ----- End message from Brian White <[email protected]> -----
>
>
> David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
