On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 20:43, Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> wrote: >> In submenu 5. Paper size >> imho the cm² should be replaced with cm > > Well, the reasoning is that we have the choice between: > 120 cm x 140 cm > and > 120 x 140 cm² > > I remember having a discussion with David Decotigny on this, and I was > not really in favor of the 120 x 140 cm² notation, but I'm not sure > "120 x 140 cm" is correct.
120 cm x 140 cm is correct, for a total of 16,800 cm² 120 x 140 cm² would be incorrect, as that would suggest you have 120 pieces of paper, each of which has a surface area of 140 cm² of unspecified dimensions. This could be 120 pieces of 2 cm x 70 cm, 4 cm x 35 cm, and so on, or even a mix. Of course no reasonable person would think "120 x 140 cm²" to mean 120 separate pieces of paper, except linguistic purists, engineers and paper salesmen. Whether these are reasonable people is up for interpretation. ;) So in short you could say 16,800 cm², which given the lack of dimensions is useless, or 120 cm x 140 cm, which is useful. Just a thought, mind you. Regards, Jeroen -- ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA[Start]
