2002-12-07 You never know. They may pick tonne. It might be used for the same reason we do use spellings like theatre and centre. It looks more "cultural". The word metric ton would never be used, it looks to silly.
I loathe the term "metric ton". I prefer the word tonne. I use it all of the time and when someone asks, I explain it as the CORRECT spelling for a unit equal to 1000 kg. Tonne is not a highly-decorated word. It has a totally different meaning then "ton" Ton is only 909 kg, whereas tonne is 1000 kg. Not the same thing. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-12-07 20:13 Subject: [USMA:23832] RE: 1 tonne pickup > If they do it here, it will say "1 metric ton," rather than "1 tonne." > Americans have an aversion to highly-decorated words like tonne, programme, > etc. (an aversion I share). > > They could use that to great advantage, as they could point out that its > load-carrying capacity is about 10% greater than the competition's "1 ton" > trucks. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >Behalf Of Mike Joy > >Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 01:25 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:23830] 1 tonne pickup > > > > > >Hi all, > > > >One wonders when American Ford pickup trucks will have this logo (see > >picture). > > > >It's a ute (utility or pickup) seen yesterday evening at a suburban house > >here in Perth, WA. > > > >Regards > >Mike > > > > > >
