For what it’s worth, metric units outside of the US are often spelled differently. For example, “litre” rather than the US-spelt “liter”, or “kilometre” rather than the US term “kilometer”.
A “meter” is a device on an instrument panel! This is likely a UK or European holdover. Similarly, in Canada, when talking about a “center” (US), we write it as “centre”. A “centre” is a place or an institution, for example a community centre, or a university research centre. “Center” means the middle of something, like the center of a photograph or the center of a line. Just my two cents on this off-topic but interesting discussion! 73, Kevin VE7ZD > On Feb 25, 2019, at 3:08 PM, ab2tc <ab...@arrl.net> wrote: > > Hi again, > > Hopefully Eric will find it in his heart to let this thread continue. > > Yes, we are. Booze and wine are now sold by the liter. Curiously beer is > generally not. In my opinion gas stations should be the next in line to > convert. I am sure modern pumps could easily be reprogrammed to display > liters instead of gallons. To the uneducated the price per liter would look > like a bargain. Wow, less than a dollar! I don't think super markets would > encounter a huge cost converting from lbs to kilos either. Probably the road > signage would be the biggest cost problem. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > k6dgw wrote >> Yep, we're going metric ... inch by inch. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2/25/2019 2:12 PM, Jim Rhodes wrote: >>> Well we first authorized use of the metric system in 1866, we are working >>> on getting around to it. Don't rush us! >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto: > >> Elecraft@.qth > >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
