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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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