I largely agree with the recommendations made by Jim Frysinger; however, a few additional points. He noted it on page 15, but throughout the document beginning on page 7, there are many occurences of spelling variation metre/meter, litre/liter, etc. As Saint Lucia is a Commonwealth member, I would assume you want British spelling throughout. The differences which affect the SI are: US: meter, liter, deka, metric ton UK: metre, litre, deca, tonne (in the Glossary, "metric tonne" is redundant, use tonne or metric ton) Choose one and be consistent. I recommend searching for occurances of the "offending" spelling. Page 9: I recommend the graphic be titled Metric Prefixes. The stairstep analogy is fine but it will be better to use correct terminology in the title. Note if you choose British spelling that deka should be deca. Page 14: The proper SI symbol for minute is min. Jim's note has a typo on this point. When you compare to the gallon or quart, I don't know whether Saint Lucia uses the US or Imperial gallon. The liter/litre is the same for everybody. 61 L is about 16 US gallons, but about 13.4 Imp. gallons. 1 qt = 0.946 L (or 1 L = 1.06 qt) is correct for the US fluid quart. For the Imperial quart 1 Imp. qt = 1.14 L, approximately.
--- On Mon, 10/10/11, Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat <metcen...@candw.lc> wrote: From: Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat <metcen...@candw.lc> Subject: [USMA:51225] Draft Metric Pocket Guide To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Cc: hubert110...@hotmail.com Date: Monday, October 10, 2011, 11:41 AM Dear Ezra Attached is a draft of our Metric Pocket Guide. This Guide is aimed at the ordinary man, hence we have endeavoured to make it as simple as possible. We should be grateful for review, comments and suggestions of the USMA. Thank you Best regards Judy H. Rene Coordinator Saint Lucia Metrication Secretariat 1 Maurice Mason Avenue Sans Souci Castries St. Lucia W.I. Tel.: (758) 4521541; Fax: (758) 4581642; Email: metcen...@candw.lc METRIC IS HERE! Let’s measure up.
