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Hear, hear!
Ed Rodley
>Jim's argument is blatantly Ameri-centric, and also ignores the fact that
>many states require the use of the metric system (the Pennsylvania
>Department of Transportation, for example). In the era of the internet and
>world-wide e-publishing, it is ridiculous to be arguing that we should
>forego English for metric, because Americans can only understand English. I
>personally hope that my work is being read beyond the US, and I would like
>Candadian or European or whatever readers to be able to understand my
>measurements without needing a conversion chart.
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>It does not matter which type of ruler you use, all responsible
>archaeologists should consistently include both measurement systems in their
>reports. If everybody did this, metric vs. English would be a non-issue for
>archaeologists.
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>Chris Espenshade
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