And lo on Fri, 23 May 2008 22:45:29 +0100, andrel  
<a_l### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Stephen wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:40:07 +0100, "Phil Cook"
>> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>>
>>> That's so we can have a meter that measures in metres and not get   
>>> ourselves confused.
>>  I've worked on meters that measured cubic metres. The spelling saves
>> confusion as you say.
>
> We don't have that distinction. That is one of the reasons that I try to  
> convince people that the scales they use to measure their weight should  
> be called kilometers. Up till now with very minor success.

[groan] :-) We'd probably hyphenate it though.

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Phil Cook

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