[Wikipedia-l] Re: Metric v. US
Jimmy Wales
jwales at bomis.com
Mon Jan 6 00:35:21 UTC 2003
Brion Vibber wrote:
> As long as you don't read that rapper Eminem made his Hollywood debut in
> "12.872 Kilometer", or that the United Kingdom has elected once again to
> stay out of the Euro, sticking with the 0.454 kilogramme sterling...
Well, to be fair, it has been suggested that we would include a means
to indicate precision, so we would instead read that Eminem made his
Hollywood debut in "Nearly 13 Kilometer".
;-)
--Jimbo
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