Pat said:
| Dear Terry and All, | | I agree that megagram, and its SI symbol Mg, is preferable to tonne. | | Cheers, | | Pat Naughtin CAMS | Geelong, Australia | | on 2002-12-12 09.34, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | > All the confusion about spelling, pronunciation and ambiguity with | > non-metric units would be avoided if people tried to make more use of | > the word megagram rather than tonne. Yes, megagram is technically correct, but commercially 'tonne' sounds heavier and more realistic, as on the back of the Ford pickup I showed. People would have a hard time visualising a million grams, just as we wince every time a US documentary narrator on TV says 'a million pounds of thrust' or 'a 5000-foot runway' - it means absolutely nothing to nearly everybody. Best regards and Seasons Greetings Mike
