And I propose that the idea from Estee Lauder and Donna Karan is taken up, viz. changing the name of the US fl.oz to once liquide! This gives FFU a French flavour and makes it more appealing to the world community so that one day it will have adopted the REAL International System of Units, where the meter has indeed become synonymous and equal to the yard. (A certain Mr Percy Goode really made such a proposal in the fifties, proposing a universal 'metre-yard' etc. and divided in the traditional way). It would be a good idea for the BWMA, Inch Perfect, IAML, F2M, ACWM etc.!
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-02-14 21:32 Subject: [USMA:18206] RE: Musical ifp? Was:Re: Re: Typographic units > 2002-02-14 > > No! No! By calling the units British, troy, or avoirdupoid, or some other foreign sounding adjective, we give FFU a more international flare. FFUmust not appear to be used by only Americans, or a system only for Americans. FFU must be advertised as being a system for all of mankind. Normal and natural. John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On behalf Of Han Maenen Sent: Wednesday, 2002-02-13 03:01 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:18195] Musical ifp? Was:Re: Re: Typographic units Since when is it a requirement for a system of units to be musical? These ifp goons are incredible. This nonsense also figures on either one of the BWMA sites or the Inch Perfect one. Shostakova's 7th Symphony in Fahrenheit? H�ndel's Messiah in slinch? I wonder on what ifp units pop music is based, the BTU, the slug, the US gallon or the Imperial pint? Of course, the metrics of poetry has also nothing at all to do with SI or FFU for that matter. However, I suspect that the industry that makes musical instruments is overwhelmingly ifp. Han P.S. I think that the BTU should in fact be called ATU now, American Thermal Unit, as it is much more an American unit than a British one today. <snip>
