Sorry Harold. You're wrong...simple as that. Let's move along now. -----Original Message----- From: "Harold_Potsdamer" <harold_potsda...@cox.net> Sent: 6/24/2014 0:13 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Subject: [USMA:54032] Re: How meter is spelled in non-English languages
"Let's concentrate on finishing the metrication of both our member states! Please." How???? What is your plan and time frame? -----Original Message----- From: James Sent: Sunday, 2014-06-22 23:41 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54017] Re: How meter is spelled in non-English languages > The metric system is unified and the spelling of the units within the same > language must be consistent. I know of no basis for that assertion, Harold. Only the symbols are specified by the CGPM for international uniformity. The spellings of the unit and prefix names are left up to each member state within the CGPM -- and, for that matter, for states outside the CGPM. Indeed, those names can be totally different words. Spelling differences between American English and British English are of vanishingly minute importance. After all, in critical applications, we should both use the symbols, rather than the spelled out names. The -er versus -re debate has gone on in the USA for over fifty years. Frankly, I'm tired of it. Let's concentrate on finishing the metrication of both our member states! Please. Jim -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road Doyle TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2014-06-22 20:52, Harold_Potsdamer wrote: > Can you provide an examples or evidence where the metric units have > multiple spellings within the same language? > It is totally irrelevant how different languages spell the metric > units. The fact is they spell it one way and only one way within the > same language. The spelling metre and litre has been chosen for English > and that is what we need to stick to. Otherwise it looks like metric is > a divided and inconsistent system. The metric system is unified and the > spelling of the units within the same language must be consistent. > English may have evolved two different spellings for many words, but > that does not apply to SI units. In the same token that British > spellings are found in American usage when it is beneficial to do so, > standardised metric unit spellings need to be the exception. > *From:* cont...@metricpioneer.com <mailto:cont...@metricpioneer.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, 2014-06-22 19:02 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:usma@colostate.edu> > *Subject:* [USMA:54014] How meter is spelled in non-English languages > > I did a little research on how meter is spelled in various non-English > languages. According to https://translate.google.com the primary SI unit > is spelled meter in thirteen non-English languages. Those 13 languages > are Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, German, Hausa, Islandic, Indonesian, > Latin, Malay, Norwegian, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish. Hungarian has an > accent mark in the first syllable méter (which is pretty close to meter, > so 14 if you count Hungarian). The primary SI unit is spelled metre in > only two non-English languages. Those two languages are Catalan and > Turkish. French has an accent mark in the first syllable: mètre (which > is pretty close to metre, so 3 if you count French). Other languages > have many different variations (for example, metro in Spanish). Some > languages use non-Latin-based scripts. (English is written in a > Latin-based script.) English, as we already know, has evolved two > different spellings for many words, not just for the word meter / metre. > > ----- Message from Brian White <br...@bjwhite.net > <mailto:br...@bjwhite.net>> --------- > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:39:24 -0700 > From: Brian White <br...@bjwhite.net <mailto:br...@bjwhite.net>> > Reply-To: br...@bjwhite.net <mailto:br...@bjwhite.net> > Subject: [USMA:54013] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu > <mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> > >> Meter and metre are fine. Both are better than feet or yards. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> From: Harold_Potsdamer <mailto:harold_potsda...@cox.net> >> Sent: 6/21/2014 4:37 >> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:usma@colostate.edu> >> Subject: [USMA:54012] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube >> A lot of people make spelling errors, it doesn’t mean it is right. >> Why didn’t they just use the symbol “m”? >> *From:* cont...@metricpioneer.com <mailto:cont...@metricpioneer.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, 2014-06-20 23:53 >> *To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:usma@colostate.edu> >> *Subject:* [USMA:54010] Re: tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube >> >> Harold. Clearly, the signs say 1 METER - 2 METERS - 3 METERS et >> cetera, rendered with the American spelling, not the British spelling. >> >> ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net >> <mailto:harold_potsda...@cox.net>> --------- >> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:44:48 -0400 >> From: Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net >> <mailto:harold_potsda...@cox.net>> >> Reply-To: harold_potsda...@cox.net <mailto:harold_potsda...@cox.net> >> Subject: [USMA:53999] tries to pull a truck in heels - YouTube >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu >> <mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> >> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMSStSeQyUI&feature=player_detailpage#t=50 >>> The distances are measured in metres. >> >> >> >> >> ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <harold_potsda...@cox.net >> <mailto:harold_potsda...@cox.net>> ----- >> >> David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com <http://www.MetricPioneer.com> >> 503-428-4917 > > > > > ----- End message from Brian White <br...@bjwhite.net > <mailto:br...@bjwhite.net>> ----- > > David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com <http://www.MetricPioneer.com> > 503-428-4917
