Thanks and Amen to Brian. End of discussion, one hopes. I don't give a
hoot how you pronounce km.
HARRY WYETH
On 7/14/14, 1542:42, [email protected] wrote:
This is about not losing site of the end goal. I'm all for standards.
I want the United States to use the metric system. Simple as that.
Whether it's a metre or meter. Whether it's kil-oh-meter or
kilO-meter. IT DOES NOT MATTER. The key is, that people are
measuring in meters and km....in kg and g and mg......in cm and
mm.......in liters and mL. How we pronounce is a function of
accent...American vs French vs British vs Japanese vs Russian. It
does NOT matter. It's the meter through and through. It's the gram
through and through. etc.
Do I think the AP should allow kph? Absolutely not. Do I think
people who say kil-ah-meter need to be corrected? Absolutely not.
Should people who spell meter be corrected to metre? No more so than
theatre, programme, colour, civilisation, etc. These are all accepted
changes to American English. Theater, program, color, civilization.
Again what is our goal? Our goal here isn't to change American
English language. Our goal is what? What is it again? The USE of
the metric system in the United States.
Being a stickler on pronunciation and meter vs metre just alienate
possible supporters of our cause.
