I agree, but the estate agents refuse to give a "headline floor area" (See my earlier posting).
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: 03 December 2008 22:53 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42128] RE: BBC web site keeps it metric That does help give an idea of the shape, as well as the size, of the room. Carleton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 19:02 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42112] RE: BBC web site keeps it metric My response did not include something important which might have been seen as slightly misleading - we don't tend to use square feet (or sq m) in the UK except for office space. Rooms are quoted individually describing width by length for house sales. Unless you're buying a farm! _____ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:42:19 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [USMA:42103] RE: BBC web site keeps it metric To: [email protected] The use of square meters and square kilometers are preferable to hectares since people can visualize square meters and square kilometers and fractions thereof without having to compute a change in units to hectares and vice versa. Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Humphreys To: U.S. Metric <mailto:[email protected]> Association Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:52 PM Subject: [USMA:42101] RE: BBC web site keeps it metric <<I wonder if usage for larger areas in the UK (aside from real estate transactions) is trending toward metric only, namely, hectares and square kilometers exclusively.>> 'fraid not - especially hectares - most people would not understand what an 'ha' is. I would say that smaller areas are more likely to show metres (I've seen one or two estate agents including room dimensions in metres in brackets) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [USMA:42095] BBC web site keeps it metric > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:24:59 +0000 > > > I was pleasantly surprised to see the BBC News web site describe the area of the Amazon rain forest being lost in square kilometers: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7756241.stm > > (The unpleasant surprise was to read about the acceleration in the loss of rain forest. :-( > > I switched to the UK version of the site just to be sure they didn't edit the wording differently there ..... but the article is exactly the same. > > Based on previous articles I've seen, I was bracing myself to see "square miles" listed in parentheses afterwards. > > I wonder if usage for larger areas in the UK (aside from real estate transactions) is trending toward metric only, namely, hectares and square kilometers exclusively. > > Ezra > _____ Win John Lewis vouchers with BigSnapSearch.com Search now <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/117442309/direct/01/> _____ Get Windows Live Messenger on your Mobile. Click Here! <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/>
