Yet the company might "offend" someone who would consider it a mockery of American traditions if the English is not in rounded numbers. It doesn't matter what number comes first, it matters what number is in a sensible format.
Passing the metric only FPLA will not assure that the English will be dropped. I think most will keep it so as not to offend anybody. I still think though that double use of English units should be outlawed.. Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:08:36 AM Subject: [USMA:43406] RE: Mistaken blather from a correspondent on another list I take a softer, more philosophic view. They are likely metric internally, even if they are concerned about customer reaction. The law allows either unit to be in first position. I consider the internal conversion more significant than the label decision. However, "Net Wt 3.17 oz (90g)" says "I'm metric but I don't want to offend anybody". "Net Wt 90 g (3.17 oz)" says "I'm metric! Deal with it!" If imports have a reputation for higher quality and are metric-primary, the industry will switch at some point. Also, the above simply won't matter if the metric-only FPLA passes. --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Victor Jockin <vjoc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Victor Jockin <vjoc...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [USMA:43402] RE: Mistaken blather from a correspondent on another > list > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9:34 AM > > What irritates me are designations like this one I saw on > some Ghirardelli chocolate yesterday: > > Net Wt 3.17 oz (90g) > > Just own up to the metric units already; people will get > it.