BTW, Joe Reid was on CBC Radio yesterday afternoon with a brief comment on a phone-in program on SI. Congratulations! Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Joseph B. Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 23, 2002 19:29 Subject: [USMA:19017] Re: Just 2 rules
>Bill Hooper asked in USMA 18949 > >>on 3/20/2002 8:04 PM, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> In France 1,5 m is popularly expressed as "un m�tre cinquante" instead of >>> "un virgule cinq m�tre". >> >>Do those translate as: >>"one metre fifty" and "one comma five metres" ? > > >Quite right. I forgot that Americans are more likely to know Spanish than >French. > >Joe > >Joseph B.Reid >17 Glebe Road West >Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071 >
