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метр (Russian), μετρο (Greek) The easiest way to generate then is to cut and paste from a WORD document. Martin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 23 June 2014 19:57 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54025] Re: How meter is spelled in non-English languages Indeed, it is becoming perfectly clear. I even found the spelling example he is searching for (between Brazilian and Continental Portuguese). However, for some reason, the list server has not sent out my message, while sending others today. I hope it is a technical problem and not that I've been banned. I've been good, really. I believe Russian is metr and may require some Cyrillic characters I don't know how to make.. _____ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; USMA owner <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 1:53 PM Subject: RE: [USMA:54016] Re: How meter is spelled in non-English languages As you will have now guessed - by a 'mile' - this is Schweisthall bringing your list down. "Can you provide an example" - showing lack of ignorance.... in the UK we spell gramme and gram. Either can be used and it's not like the meter (part of the world), metre (other parts of the world) - this spelling is interchangeable. Also.... how do you write meter in Russian? _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:54016] Re: How meter is spelled in non-English languages Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:52:47 -0400 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 <mailto:[email protected]> 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 <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 6/21/2014 4:37 To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> 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 <mailto:[email protected]> 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 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMSStSeQyUI&feature=player_detailpage#t=50> &feature=player_detailpage#t=50 The distances are measured in metres. ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> ----- David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com <http://www.metricpioneer.com/> 503-428-4917 ----- End message from Brian White <[email protected]> ----- David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com <http://www.metricpioneer.com/> 503-428-4917
