On 21 May 2008 17:29:47 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>
>  One thing I like about the metric system is that terms are always
>consistent and don't change meaning (and especially not amount) depending
>on what you are measuring. 

How boring! There is something inherently interesting with words whose
meaning changes with the context.

>
>  Of course since Americans have this obsession that they can't have
>*anything* the same as those pesky Europeans, they even had to change
>at least *something* of the metric system: To them it's litre, not
>liter (likewise metre instead of meter, etc). Something has to change,
>so let's change at least the name. So even the metric system is not holy
>enough. :P
 Oi! You Jimmie! 
Who are you calling American? 

We spell litre, l-i-t-r-e and metre m-e-t-r-e unless it is a gas meter
then we spell it m-e-t-e-r. And that goes to the centre of the
argument :P
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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