If the interview was being made for the benefit of Canadian listeners, then
that would be the reason for converting the distance to km - few Canadians
think in miles any more. And the CBC's pronunciation standards prescribe the
correct pronunciation of kill-oh-meters.
Didn't realise that As It
Dear All,
I hope you don't find this depressing, but this article, http://blog.erlingsson.com/?p=2073
might give you some material for arguing for the more rapid
accepatance of the metric system in the USA. Here is a sample:
What shocked me was the discordance. At the same time as the U.S. ha
Dear All,
You might be interested in this:
http://thesunbreak.com/2009/12/23/the-real-dangers-of-boeings-787-test-flight
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Be
I think it's wrong to use people as the basis for the figures because it
assumes that all US citizens never use metric and all UK subjects never use
imperial!
It should be based on governments - I think - where the state might have an
official position on 'being all metric'. Am I correct in sa
On Wednesday 06 January 2010 10:14:58 Stephen Humphreys wrote:
> I think it's wrong to use people as the basis for the figures because it
> assumes that all US citizens never use metric and all UK subjects never use
> imperial! It should be based on governments - I think - where the state
> might
No US State could claim to be officially all metric; none are significantly so.
If you wish to go by governments, I think three or five conditions or states
must be represented. The middle is "muddled" or "completely confused" and this
summarizes the US and the UK. The end points are completel
Thought this might interest a lot of USMA readers for its scientific interest
...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/galactic-gps.html
Even though I live near the Canadian border (hour and a half away), I get my
Canada fix by listening to NPR, which rebroadcasts As It Happens via Public
Radio International. (There is also a weekly spot every Wednesday morning with
news from Canada produced by the local NPR affiliate here in Sea
