2002-03-02 Black people would say kelvin, singular and plural. They seem to have an aversion to pronouncing the "s" on the ends of words.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-03-02 15:52 Subject: [USMA:18488] Re: Whatever happened to centigrade?? > Ezra Steinberg wrote: > > > > Gene: > > > > I thought the correct terminology was "kelvins" in the plural. Can you tell > > me if that's correct? > > Yes, unit names in English form plurals in the usual grammatical > manner, so it's 273.15 kelvins. An argument that goes nowhere except to > point out that opinions differ is whether one would say 0.1 kelvin or > 0.1 kelvins. Since that argument goes nowhere, let's not argue about > that. Style guides differ and are available for the purists. > > Jim > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
