I just found a new symbol for the meter on a German web site (the text is in
English): http://members.tripod.com/e_friend/circuit/antenna.html
The author used a ' to denote meters (see the "German Quad Antenna" and "40
Meter Loop Antenna" near the bottom of the page). This is an interesting
example of "stealing" an FFU shorthand symbol, as a ' is often used to
denote feet ("I am 6' tall," for example). Is this a common practice in
informal German writing? If so, is a " used to informally denote
centimeters or millimeters in such writing?
If this practice is widespread, perhaps we can co-opt these informal FFU
symbols for our use. -- Jason
