I agree with Pat - possibly local jargon. In a similar way, the South Africans call a 3.5" (oops sorry a 90mm) disk a "stiffy" since its larger cousin which was in a flexible rather than a rigid case was a floppy [disk]. Has anybody else heard this slang, or is it peculiar to South Africa?
_____ From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: 13 April 2009 04:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:44641] Re: FPLA 2010 On 2009/04/13, at 1:04 PM, Michael Payne wrote: I remember seeing in South African newspapers a mention on cumsecs which are m3/s. This in relation to the flow of water over a dam wall or down a river. Michael Payne Dear Mike, This is probably a jargon word adapted from cusec, which was a made up word in the water community for cubic foot per second. The word, cusec, was used in Australia for irrigation purposes. The word you quote, cumsec, looks like it might be a cusec with an added m in the middle. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> for more metrication information, contact Pat at pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
