The SI prefix letter symbols are used as a standard symbol in many places.
Another example is kB for kilobytes etc.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Ressel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:28 AM
Subject: [USMA:40981] Re: Fw: Using of SI prefixes with currencies
I would agree since the "k" is not a copyrighted symbol that can only be
used exclusively with SI. You can not copyright a letter of the alphabet
which makes the "k" on package foods non legal and not accepted (by most)
kosher symbol. Anyone can put a k on a package (just as they can put it in
front of money or after the length of a race, a 5k race is 50000 whats?) but
it has no legality to it.
Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372
"Ziser, Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/25/2008 4:22 PM >>>
k$ is clearly not part of the metric system, and clearly SI has no say in
whether it is "allowed"
or "disallowed". For now, people can measure currency any way they like.
--- Paul Trusten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From the metric system newsgroup. What do you think?
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg Eisentraeger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.metric-system
Sent: 22 May, 2008 17:49
Subject: Using of SI prefixes with currencies
>
> Hello all,
>
> the people of Controlling departments of companies etc. here often use
> the unit k¤ (KiloEuro) for 1000 EUR or k$ for 1000 $.
>
> According to the official SI system: Is it allowed or forbidden to use
> the prefix k with currencies? I have not found anything about that on
> http://www.bipm.org/en/si/.
>
> In my opinion a currency is not a unit of measurement, therefore the SI
> system does not apply to currencies at all, including prefixes. Am I
> wrong?
>
>
> Greetings from Germany
> Joerg
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