Newbie question :) be kind...

1. I knew what you were referring to.
2. I passed that on to some friends who may, or may not, appreciate it. I was ROTFLMA
3. Still not the Doctor I was referring to.

Paul

On 1/23/2008 12:54 PM Greg Procter spake thus:

So what?

No, we don't need a name for the American standard. First of all, what "standard"? There is none; it's a hodgepodge, a collection of odds and ends that over time became our customary units of weight and measure.

Nobody else seems bothered in the slightest not having a handle to hang on this non-system. Call it ... American weights and measures. Hell, call it a purple cow for all we care.

Funny how the atlas says "Canada", "United states of america" and "mexico".

Just shut up. You don't know what you're talking about. *

How many times do people have to tell you that it doesn't have a name? *

Do you really think you're making a point here? By the way, we don't spell it "litre" in the US. We won't look strange at products from forn parts that have it spelled that way, but ask someone to write down the word and (unless they're a transplant which doesn't count), they'll always write "liter". *

We have laws against littering, but they're only spottily enforced.

Unless you happen to live on a different world to me, (quite possible) I do know what I'm talking about.

Note, as stated in _your_ own post the name "United States of America" ie the United States existing in America.

How many times until you realize how stupid that situation is???

Of course not - that's entirely your probllem.

On 1/24/2008 11:10 AM Greg Procter spake thus:

You dumb shit: the continent is called *North America*. Nobody calls it America anymore. Even back in the 19th century, when the Irish were fleeing the potato famine, for example, when they said they were going to "Ameri-kay", they meant the US, not Canada, Mexico, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, etc.

On 1/24/2008 11:12 AM Greg Procter spake thus:

There's a quip Franz Kafka made which is quite relevant to this situation, which I offer as a piece of advice to you:

"In the fight between you and the world, back the world."

I can hardly be held responsible for the 19th century Irish!

There's no fight, I'm merely pointing out absurdities.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:07:52 +1300, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and Greg Procter instead replied:

Somebody here has already mentioned this to you, Greg, but I want to elaborate. Your tolerance level is off the charts. For you to declare above that it is a problem to spell liter the way I just did is absurd. Americans won't look at the word "litre" and declare you a problem speller. They will think your use of the word "petrol" is quaint. They will consider your inability to determine how much a gallon really is to be pig ignorant but your gas tank will be full. That's all that really matters to them.

Your insistence that New Zealand is far better, smarter, or any other superlative description shows how intolerant you really are. I'm quite certain that most folk here realize that not all New Zealanders are as shallow as you. Keep on being Greg Procter. This newsgroup needs a bad example like you.

-- Ray

Ray, old idiot, I made no comment on the spelling of Litre/Liter beyond writing in discussion - I may be right or I may be wrong in my way of spelling the word. Now that it has been brought to my attention I intend to check it in my dictionary. OK, having checked, I find _no_ entry under "liter", but there is an entry under "litre".

As do I of "gasoline". "Gas" on the other hand is an absurd abreviation, given that refueling stations commonly sell gases.

I do not have an inability to determine the volume of a "gallon". The inability is to determine _which_ gallon an idiot in Australia would be talking about.

If one uses petrol volumes only to determine the cost of refilling one's petrol tank, then it is of very little moment as to the actual size/volume of the unit used. However, if one uses the volume for further purposes, such as checking the fuel consumption, then the actual volume consumed becomes important. If the values of volume and distance change at every fuel station then any attempt to calculate fuel consumption are pointless.

I never said any such thing. In fact I most definitely said that there are absurdities in both British and US usages and that I attempt to find both.

Sure, but do they need a bad example like you? It seems unlikely.

Regards, Greg.P.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:17:51 +1300, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and Greg Procter instead replied:

Well then, since you can't conceptualize the volume of a gallon, you do, indeed, have the pig ignorance I suggested above. You remain unable to calculate the volume of a gallon. Go back to year 5. Repeat as necessary.

-- Ray

Presumably it is not an American dictionary, which might also contain words like "center". Do you dispute that US residents have a right to spell anything however they want? Do you believe that they should only use spellings known to and approved by Greg Procter?

Then perhaps they should call it American, not English.

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:53:29 -0500, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and Christopher A.Lee instead replied:

Why? When more Americans speak it than the combined nations of Australia, New Zealand and England, they can call it whatever they like. English is a good word for it. Bottom line? When pronounced, it's all the same. Welcome to the world.

-- Ray