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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Where does Brexit leave metrication?
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
Pronunciation matters
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(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, Uncategorized, Views from abroad
Tagged guide, kilometre, pronunciation
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Metrication not an issue in EU referendum
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(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, History, Law
Tagged British, debate, EU, Europe, European Union, issue, issues, Leave, membership, metrication, non-issue, programme, referendum, Remain, UK, United Kingdom, vote, voters
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New edition of SI brochure
One of our readers has drawn attention to the recent issue for a comment of a revised edition of the SI brochure. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Uncategorized
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The link between muddled units and verbose traffic signs
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
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged road sign, Road signs, symbols, transport, universal, verbose
8 Comments