Yet the company might "offend" someone who would consider it a mockery of
American traditions if the English is not in rounded numbers. It doesn't
matter what number comes first, it matters what number is in a sensible format.
Passing the metric only FPLA will not assure that the English will be dropped.
I think most will keep it so as not to offend anybody. I still think though
that double use of English units should be outlawed..
Jerry
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From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:08:36 AM
Subject: [USMA:43406] RE: Mistaken blather from a correspondent on another list
I take a softer, more philosophic view. They are likely metric internally,
even if they are concerned about customer reaction. The law allows either unit
to be in first position.
I consider the internal conversion more significant than the label decision.
However, "Net Wt 3.17 oz (90g)" says "I'm metric but I don't want to offend
anybody". "Net Wt 90 g (3.17 oz)" says "I'm metric! Deal with it!"
If imports have a reputation for higher quality and are metric-primary, the
industry will switch at some point. Also, the above simply won't matter if the
metric-only FPLA passes.
--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Victor Jockin <vjoc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Victor Jockin <vjoc...@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [USMA:43402] RE: Mistaken blather from a correspondent on another
> list
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9:34 AM
> > What irritates me are designations like this one I saw on
> some Ghirardelli chocolate yesterday:
>
> Net Wt 3.17 oz (90g)
>
> Just own up to the metric units already; people will get
> it.
