In the UK, the 'greetre' or 'meetre' would be found in ASDA ('part of the
Wal-Mart' family').
John F-L
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From: "James R. Frysinger" <j...@metricmethods.com>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 4:35 PM
Subject: [USMA:48602] Re: metre or meter
One greets you at the door of a Wal-Mart in the U.S. and the other at the
door of a Wal-Mart in England.
Jim
On 2010-10-02 1016, mech...@illinois.edu wrote:
Great dig Jim. I see you wrote "meeters" rather than "meetres". What is
the meaning of each?
---- Original message ----
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:55:31 -0500
From: "James R. Frysinger"<j...@metricmethods.com>
Subject: [USMA:48598] Re: metre or meter
To: "U.S. Metric Association"<usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association"<usma@colostate.edu>,
si...@listserv.ieee.org
I wood tend to agree with ewe their on the subject of meeters if it
weren't for homophones, Robert. We spell homophones differently in order
to make a distinction in meaning.
Jim
On 2010-10-01 1623, Robert H. Bushnell wrote:
2010 Oct 1
Metricationmatters.com
Pat,
The long discussion of spelling metre or meter has left
out two matters.
One, language is spoken and trying to use spelling to
separate two ideas pronounced as the same word will not work.
A meter is a device which shows a measurement. I think we need
to keep it for that meaning. So, for length, meter is as bad
as metre.
Two, metric and SI need one syllable words. Inch-pound
units are full of one syllable words: inch, foot, yard, rod, mile,
pound, ounce, cord, cup, knot, peck, pint, quart, therm.
It will be hard to overcome the ease of these one
syllable words.
Some one syllable metric words are already used up so we
can't use them: erg, gram, Gal, gauss, stere, torr. Or can we?
Having a three syllable word, kilogram, as a base unit
is a big mistake. Even meter may be two syllables. Candela is
too big.
So, everybody. Give us one syllable words for SI to use.
Robert Bushnell
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