Monthly Archives: June 2016

Where does Brexit leave metrication?

Posted on 2016-06-28 by ronniec

On 23 June 2016, the British people voted to leave the European Union. After all 382 voting areas of the UK declared their results, Leave had a total of 17 410 742 votes (52% of the total vote) and Remain a … Continue reading →

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Pronunciation matters

Posted on 2016-06-16 by ronniec

SI is the international standard of measurement, understood around the globe. But its value in communication can be reduced by variations in the way it is both spoken and written. Likes(2)Dislikes(0)

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Metrication not an issue in EU referendum

Posted on 2016-06-09 by ronniec

Many issues have been raised in the referendum campaign. The UK measurement muddle has not been one of them. Ronnie Cohen comments on the campaign so far. Likes(2)Dislikes(0)

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New edition of SI brochure

Posted on 2016-06-06 by Ramsden

One of our readers has drawn attention to the recent issue for a comment of a revised edition of the SI brochure. Likes(2)Dislikes(0)

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The link between muddled units and verbose traffic signs

Posted on 2016-06-04 by ronniec

Successive UK governments have retained imperial units exclusively for distance and speed on road traffic signs. Ronnie Cohen argues that, as a result, we have been unable to take advantage of universal unit symbols, a feature of the metric system … Continue reading →

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