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Tim Streater wrote:

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I was wondering that myself:

Meter: device for measuring something e.g. volts
Met foreign unit of length

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. We changed
to the French spelling later - perhaps to make it easier for us to join the
EEC? or was it when Concord became Concorde?

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In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:

[Snip]

I was wondering that myself:

Meter: device for measuring something e.g. volts
Met foreign unit of length

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. We
changed
to the French spelling later - perhaps to make it easier for us to join
the
EEC? or was it when Concord became Concorde?

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WRONG

I went to school in the 40's and the 50's. The Meter was the thing which
measured the Gas or Electric used. (Some took the Penny or the Shilling) The
Metre was the unit of measure.

Mike

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In message , charles
writes
In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:

[Snip]

I was wondering that myself:

Meter: device for measuring something e.g. volts
Met foreign unit of length

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too. We changed
to the French spelling later - perhaps to make it easier for us to join the
EEC? or was it when Concord became Concorde?

Ecksully, I never EVER make the mistake I just made! What is needed is
an intelligent spool choker which, when presented with words which have
alternative spellings, asks "Do you really want to spell it this way?"
Is there such a thing?

BTW, even though I was brought up with bushels and pecks, and rods,
poles, perches, chains and furlongs, I have no recollection of us ever
spelling the 39.37" metre as 'meter'.
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too.

I can see that if you attended an American or
American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling
in the UK back then.

In article ,
wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too.

I can see that if you attended an American or
American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling
in the UK back then.

no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have
been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which
the American had probably never hear of)

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On 23/01/2012 13:05, charles wrote:
In ,
wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too.

I can see that if you attended an American or
American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling
in the UK back then.

no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have
been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which
the American had probably never hear of)


No, it was American! I too attended school in the fifties and grew up
with millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres - including the
correct pronunciation of the last one!

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On Jan 23, 1:05*pm, charles wrote:
In article ,
* wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:33:24 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:
in my school days (1950s), the Meter was a unit of length, too.
I can see that if you attended an American or
American-funded/influenced school, but the metre was standard spelling
in the UK back then.

no - it was very British - but I suppose our physics text books might have
been American - but I doubt it since they dealt with the cgs system (which
the American had probably never hear of)

I thought it went back to anglo-saxon times no fogeting centre,
honour.
I heaqrd that jeffersons original document of teh declaration of
independence
had teh spelliong honour, but it was later changed to honor.


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