Re: what do you mean, Other English Versions?

Subject: Re: what do you mean, Other English Versions?
From: Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:22:32 -0800

>hmm - I've noticed this a few times lately. Americans seem to think that
>the rest of the English speaking world follows European numbering
>conventions, but US spelling of metric terms.

>In Australia at least, that would be 0.5 kilograms-metre.

Naw, we just have trouble remembering that you macho Australian
guys would use sissy Continental spelling. :-)

-- Robert

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