John. I think your suggestion makes good sense. I think I will internalize
your suggestion and not try to find replacement words in such cases. I
appreciate your global-perspective feedback. David Pearl
www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:17:46 +0100
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Subject: [USMA:54286] Re: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with
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I would suggest do not replace these colloquialisms – both of these
(and
others, like yardstick) now have meanings that bear little relationship
to their original measurement purpose, but instead have much wider
connotations that are used around the English speaking world (and other
countries where English is understood to some degree).
John F-L
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Al Lawrence. In my opinion, your evaluation is accurate (and also
unfortunate). I wonder about common expressions like footage and
milestone. What words could we use in lieu of such words? Any ideas?
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:44:43 -0700
From: Al Lawrence <[email protected]>
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Subject: [USMA:54282] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole
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I think this sums up the attitude of most Americans perfectly. They
know a lot of things in the US are already metric, they think going to
metric seems like a good idea and that maybe someone should finally
make a decision, but in the end, they just don't want to bother.
Al Lawrence
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pole
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