On Monday 19 January 2009 23:43:14 Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I think that the flyer should be in English on one side and one other
> language on the other. It would be too much to ask a Hispanic or me to pass
> out flyers in an area where Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, and Hmong throng;
> I don't know them apart by sound, let alone speak them. But I can tell
> Francophones and Hispanics apart and hand them the appropriate flyer.
>
> How's this for text?:
> ---
> 15 USC ยง205b1. It is therefore the declared policy of the United States to
> designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of
> weights and measures for United States trade and commerce;
>
> This means, for instance, that when you buy groceries, you have the right
> to ask for 400 g of chicken or weigh tomatoes in grams in the produce
> section. The price, also, should be indicated per gram or per kilogram.
> When you rent an apartment, you have the right to ask how many square
> meters it is. When you buy a thermometer, you have the right to get one in
> degrees Celsius. ---
> I'm thinking A7 size; does that sound right to you?

I think this has been lost in the flood of messages. Do any of you have any 
comment?

Pierre

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