... shift, the media deluged us with four-significant-figure conversion tables, with no indication of how one might learn to make the change. For us older...
Hi Everybody I notice that Esperanto has a set of 10 graded lessons each about one page long with a short quiz at the end, which they distribute to interested...
... I'm not sensible, I guess, preferring to think of myself as an American and not an "internationalist". I use our system of measurements because I am free...
Ethan: This is not a question of freedom. It is a question of utility. Of course you are free to use any system of measurement you like. Why not research...
On Oct 5, 2004, at 05:58, Paige Gabhart wrote: <<SNIP>> ... The assumption is that measuring using the metric system is easier. That is not always the case....
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Whether changing to the metric system is an improvement can be debated. Certainly it is easier to determine how many smaller units fit into a larger unit since...
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... This is a very limited example. Yes, simplifying from 240 pennies to a pound to 100 pence to a pound should make life easier. Though the concept of an...
... around the ... that ... metric ... These things have just hung onto their traditional measurements. The U.S. also buys more oil than any other nation; so,...
... As you said, we are free to use either (or any) system we want. In fact, both SI and standard systems are officially recognized by our government. This...
... As has been stated, not all measurements are in metric. Not even foreign trade is always done in metric measurements. Flexibility is better than rigidly...
... Most familiar to me is inches of mercury, which is used on all your barometric weather equipment, aircraft altimeters, etc. FAA standard pressure is 29.92...
... Sure, not all measurements across the world are in metric. But the vast majority are - the 'everyday' sort of measurements such as basic weight, basic...
From: Scott Harrison [mailto:scott@...] Sent: 06 October 2004 18:01 To: shavian@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [shavian] Re: SI Note that just because...
Hugh Birkenhead explains the way English money used to be - I understood 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound, or maybe it was the other way...
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... £1 = 20 s; 1 s = 12 d, so you got it right. ... I believe that there used to be a crown, worth 5/- (five shillings) -- see...
Hi Bob The british had over 20 terms for various coin denominations, but they all got dropped with decimalization. Lets leave british coins to the collectors. ...
... Yes, let's leave this topic alone for now. And that was more information about British money than I ever thought I'd care to know -- interesting, though....
Hi Everyone I just saw some Info on the use of English in South Africa. It indicates that Shavian would be a helpful adjunct to the average South African. ...
... average ... Very Interesting. I've been trying to find more specific information about the phonology of these languages to determine whether they can be...
Hi Joe Because of the difficulties in providing a standard education, when every S.A. province has a different Major Language, and the low literacy rate...
... when ... From what I've read, Tsotsi Taal is apparently just one of many urban dialects, of which most are restricted to their city of origin and carry...
Hi Joe I agree. English is the main focus of Shavian. However, English does tend to borrow or absorb Foreign Words from the surrounding or local Languages, and...
... I suggest that English be written in Shavian, even words that are derived from a foreign language (assuming they are considered to be an English word now)....
That's exactly my point. I have been looking at Swahili, though, and it appears to me that Shavian could come very close, with the addition of kh and gh...
Hi Scott I agree with you in principle. I just think we have to consider 4 situations, when we decide which words get transliterated in Shavian, and which...
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Hi Joe You are right that for literate people it is very important to have a comparison chart, to help you transliterate words from one version of the alphabet...
