I just thought of a word we could stop using: mileage. I catch myself
saying that sometimes, then I realize I could be saying fuel effeciency
instead of mileage. Our little 2003 Hyndai uses about 7 liters per 100 km
for little trips around Salem, but today when I fill up the petrol tank, I
notice it is only 5 L/100 km probably because my son Sam is commuting to
Woodburn for his new job and freeway travel typically results in better
fuel effeciency. How many L/100 km does your vehicle burn? Some of you may
not need a conversion formula, but here it is just in case: 235.2/mpg =
L/100 km.
----- Message from John Altounji <phy...@msn.com> ---------
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:11:23 -0700
From: John Altounji <phy...@msn.com>
Reply-To: phy...@msn.com
Subject: [USMA:54294] FW: [USMA:54286] Re: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t
touch issue with 3.048-meter pole
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Bottom line I agree with John F-L
John Altounji
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SENT: Sunday, August 10, 2014 11:18 PM
TO: U.S. Metric Association
SUBJECT: [USMA:54286] Re: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with
3.048-meter pole
I would suggest do not replace these colloquialisms – both of
these (and others, like yardstick) now have meanings that bear little
relationship to their original measurement purpose, but instead have
much wider connotations that are used around the English speaking world
(and other countries where English is understood to some degree).
John F-L
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TO: U.S. Metric Association[2]
SUBJECT: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with
3.048-meter
pole
Al Lawrence. In my opinion, your evaluation is accurate (and also
unfortunate). I wonder about common expressions like footage and
milestone. What words could we use in lieu of such words? Any ideas?
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:44:43 -0700
From: Al Lawrence <alana...@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alana...@hotmail.com
Subject: [USMA:54282] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
I think this sums up the attitude of most Americans perfectly. They
know a lot of things in the US are already metric, they think going to
metric seems like a good idea and that maybe someone should finally
make a decision, but in the end, they just don't want to bother.
Al Lawrence
> Subject: [USMA:54281] He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter
pole
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:23:45 -0500
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