[Wikipedia-l] Metric v. English

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Fri Jan 3 20:38:03 UTC 2003


Jason Williams wrote:

>What if it turns out some people only understand the (hypothetical)
>Elbonian Measurement System? Do we then include three numbers each time we
>give a measurement? 
>
I'll wait until there is serious argumention from the Elbonians to 
consider that possibility.  One place where three numbers should be 
given is in liquid measurements.  Remember that the Imperial gallon is 
still bigger than the U.S. gallon.

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