Posts Tagged ‘metric’

Spare a thought for any would-be Brysons out there

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

What units do you choose when you are writing travel books and other popular non-fiction for English speakers, wherever they might be found? (Article written by a reader of Bill Bryson’s books) (more…)

Will the European Commission challenge US labelling rules?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

A recent posting by NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has prompted this question: Are American labelling requirements now illegal under WTO rules?

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Chaos comes to National Cycle Network signs

Friday, October 9th, 2009

In an apparent admission that cycle route signs showing distances in miles are not meaningful to cyclists, the Department for Transport is proposing to allow authorities the option of using signs that show journey times in hrs and mins instead of distances in miles and fractions of miles.

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Loony Measurement System

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

A member of the UK Metric Association has given us permission to reproduce an amusing article from his personal blog.  Acknowledgements and thanks to David Brown.

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