Re: [OT] British vs. American English
On 10/02/2011 11:34 AM, Lisi wrote:
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But British English uses both, which, as a child who attended French,
American and British schools in turn, I found very confusing and only
finally sorted out recently. Logic works however: i.e. the length came
over form France, but a good deal more recently than 1066, and is
spelt metre, but the use of electric power came over from the States,
so a machine for measuring/keeping track of electricity is called a
meter. Lisi
In the US, nobody would ever spell anything -re if it's pronounced -er,
so the measuring stick is 1 meter long here. Hams operate on the 160
meter band,
the 80 meter band, etc. The liquid measure is liter, used here only in
medical labs and liquor stores, altho some bottled products have both
ounces and
liters, so as to placate the Canadians, who gave up ounces and quarts,
etc., some years ago. (Some year, no doubt after I'm dead, "altho" will
be acceptable.)
--doug
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