"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
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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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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