People are very attached to the form of their language that they learn when young. Americans and Germans will remain disinclined to use the Anglo/Franco spelling that has been taught, for example, in many former colonies of Britain and France.
The USMA will be wise not to wage a futile war against a nation's language. Trying to enforce a nonphonetic spelling merely for the sake of uniformity or out of respect for an alien committee will not help SI to gain acceptance in the USA. A digression: the -er spellings were promoted by Noah Webster in the 19th century and are more modern than the -re spellings that they replace. We make exceptions for certain words, such as "acre." > From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:11:36 +0000 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:36611] Re: the preferred system > >> I would like to add here that all spellings are considered acceptable. It >> is only in the use of the >sysmbols where uniformity is required. > The question is NOT of acceptability; BUT that of respecting the force that > went behind Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites. It is the cohence of > following of all 'Units & Symbols' that I urge/ argue for be followed - by > every country irrespective of its dilect, so far as the spellings in SI > usage are concered. >>> Meter, metre; liter, litre...it doesn't matter. As long as the SI is >> used. > This shall leave the options open for NOT respecting the dictums of > 'Convention du Metre', I feel. > Brij Bhushan Vij > (Tuesday, Kali 5107W01-02)/265+D-110(Wednesday, 2006 April 19H14:19(decimal) > ET > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda > Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 > Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 > (365th day of Year is World Day) > ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** > "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" > Contact # 001(201)675-8548 > > >> From: "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [USMA:36610] Re: the preferred system >> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:23:27 -0400 >> >> I would like to add here that all spellings are considered acceptable. It >> is only in the use of the sysmbols where uniformity is required. >> >> Meter, metre; liter, litre...it doesn't matter. As long as the SI is used. >> >> Linda Bergeron >> >> ----Original Message Follows---- >> From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [USMA:36608] Re: the preferred system >> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:26:49 +0000 >> >> >> >> >>> From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> America; and let the think ask themselves: why is that America insists in >>> using the 'old American spellings' for Litre & Metre rather than fall in >>> line with Le Systeme International d'Unites. >> >> It's not just the US that spells litre and metre in a "local" manner. >> eg. Germany spell litre and metre in the same way America does. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >> http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >> >
