absolutely not common, but often in Spain I've been to spain last week and what I saw emberassed me a lot!
following things I've seen: Kg, Kg., Kgs, Kgs., KG, Km, Km., Kms., Kj, Kcal, KW, mts. and 20:15, 20.15, 20,15 and 20'15 for time notation small k was less used it seems spain has absolutely now idea about the prefixes ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 4:10 AM Subject: [USMA:21505] Right & wrong SI usage together > Hello All, > > While searching for a product, I came across a curious example of adjacent > correct and incorrect SI usage on this web page > http://www.qsl.net/dk9sq/tbild.htm . The author uses "mtr" for meter in the > German text and the correct "m" symbol in the English text. Is this a > common practice in Europe? The two titles (in German and English) are: > > Bilder des 10mtr Teleskoptowers > > Pics of the 10m Tower > > > > -- Jason >
