Great dig Jim. I see you wrote "meeters" rather than "meetres". What is the meaning of each?
---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:55:31 -0500 >From: "James R. Frysinger" <j...@metricmethods.com> >Subject: [USMA:48598] Re: metre or meter >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>, si...@listserv.ieee.org > >I wood tend to agree with ewe their on the subject of meeters if it >weren't for homophones, Robert. We spell homophones differently in order >to make a distinction in meaning. > >Jim > >On 2010-10-01 1623, Robert H. Bushnell wrote: >> 2010 Oct 1 >> Metricationmatters.com >> >> Pat, >> The long discussion of spelling metre or meter has left >> out two matters. >> >> One, language is spoken and trying to use spelling to >> separate two ideas pronounced as the same word will not work. >> A meter is a device which shows a measurement. I think we need >> to keep it for that meaning. So, for length, meter is as bad >> as metre. >> >> Two, metric and SI need one syllable words. Inch-pound >> units are full of one syllable words: inch, foot, yard, rod, mile, >> pound, ounce, cord, cup, knot, peck, pint, quart, therm. >> It will be hard to overcome the ease of these one >> syllable words. >> >> Some one syllable metric words are already used up so we >> can't use them: erg, gram, Gal, gauss, stere, torr. Or can we? >> >> Having a three syllable word, kilogram, as a base unit >> is a big mistake. Even meter may be two syllables. Candela is >> too big. >> >> So, everybody. Give us one syllable words for SI to use. >> >> Robert Bushnell >> >> >> >> > >-- >James R. Frysinger >632 Stony Point Mountain Road >Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > >(C) 931.212.0267 >(H) 931.657.3107 >(F) 931.657.3108 >
