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.
>
>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.
>
>Chris Espenshade