r wrote:
On Sep 1, 2:39 am, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
(snip)
There is, of course, an international system of measure. The US is the
only major holdout. (I recall Burma, or somesuch, is another.) An
interesting proposition would be for the US to adopt the metric system
in exchange for the rest of the world adopting simplified basic English
as a common language.
as a common *second* language.
Bring on the metric system Terry, i have been waiting all my life!!
Now, if we can only convince those 800 million Mandarin Chinese
speakers... *ahem* Do we have a Chinese translator in the house?
They already pretty much are convinced as regards to English as a second
language, which is what I meant.
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