To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:32:24 UTC
Subject: Re: LF: Spelling of units
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	I'm not sure what's correct or incorrect.  What color (or is it colour)
are the bands on the resistor?  Seems that various countries have
different
spellings of units and words.  ;-)

On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 13:51:36 +0100 Dick Rollema <d.w.rollema@freeler.nl>
writes:
> Dear OM,
> 
> The following matter has nothing to do with LF but as former editor 
> and 
> corrector of VERON magazine Electron I nevertheless take the liberty 
> to beg 
> your opinion on it.
> 
> In our country units that are derived from the names of scientists 
> are 
> written with a lower case letter; for instance volt, ampère, watt, 
> etc.; 
> not Volt, Ampère, Watt. When abbreviated we use a capital letter, so 
> V, A, 
> W etc. We also write "5 ohm, not 5 Ohms" (no plural).  And we insert 
> a 
> space between the number and the unit: "3 V and not 3V".
> 
> I wonder what the rules are in other countries, inside [including 
> the 
> UK  :-)]  and outside Europe because I see a lot of variations in 
> spelling 
> of units on the reflector.
> 
> 73, Dick, PA0SE


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