Jim has a good point in his reply [USMA:20978] to the Americanization email[USMA:20961]. The email was quite egotistical. I don't want to get into the topic of whether or not the U.S. pushes others around, etc., since most of you have very strong opinions that are unlikely to be affected by anything *I* write.
I think it is ultimately damaging to the U.S. metrication movement to call it Europeanization. Part of what we in the U.S. are doing to promote metrication is spreading the concept that Americans can be entirely at ease with the metric system. It is *not* something foreign that is somehow unamerican. Most of us have at least a basic familiarity with some SI units. We want to build on that, but if people identify "metric" with "Europe" (or any other region), it will be much harder. BTW, I installed a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer that is displaying in Celsius only. Some roommates and neighbors ignore it or ask what it means in the old units. Most of my roommates understand it because they have lived abroad for a few years. Some people think it is kind of an oddity, but I haven't had much hostility to it. (It's my thermometer, after all, and I can do what I want with it--they recognize that). Carl Sorenson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M R Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 5:37 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:20961] Americanization Spreading popularity of hollywood movies and pop songs along with the popularity of US$, Mac, Coke, etc is called Americanization. Similarly shall we call the spreading of better standards, environment consciousness and metric system as the Europeanization. Madan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
