Probably comes from “feet of exposed film”.
cm From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 12:15 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54292] RE: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole Carleton. Actually, length is correct for one definition of footage, but I had in mind this particular definition: a motion-picture scene or scenes: newsreel footage; jungle footage. ----- Message from [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> --------- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:01:01 -0700 From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54290] RE: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > I looked Meterage up at Dictionary dot com and the definition is entirely different from footage. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meterage ----- Message from Carleton MacDonald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > --------- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:12:23 -0400 From: Carleton MacDonald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54285] RE: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Or, just “length”. Carleton From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Altounji Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 21:54 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54284] FW: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole How about the following found with the help of google translate. Meterage, for footage landmark, significant event, achievement, highlight, watershed, benchmark, touchstone, for milestone John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 4:21 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole 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? ----- Message from Al Lawrence <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > --------- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:44:43 -0700 From: Al Lawrence <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54282] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 > Subject: [USMA:54281] He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:23:45 -0500 > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/lifestyle/20140809/he-wont-touch-issue-with-3048-meter-pole > > > Sent from my iPhone > ----- End message from Al Lawrence <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > ----- ----- End message from Carleton MacDonald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > ----- ----- End message from [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> -----
