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On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:01:40 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 24 May 2008 14:55:15 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>
>>Kilo = abbreviation of kilogram (as Andrel said), but the funnier part
>>is if you read "meter" not as a distance, but rather a device for
>>measuring something (think water meter or gas meter).
>
> Oh! The shame needing an American to explain English what will Phil C
> think of me :-)
;-) Some Americans actually do speak English, though - I find myself
actually having to correct my spelling often because I tend to use
British spelling conventions rather than American. When I send out a
newsletter, I often have to read it a second time to 'Americanise' the
spellings just to avoid having half my audience tell me I can't spell. ;-)
Jim
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