Am I the only oldtimer to remember pound as a unit of mass with the
associated unit of force being poundal?
Perhaps physics should take the leads of biology and chemistry and avoid
the use of common everyday words like mass and force and instead use Latin
or some other language for the physics concepts.
And if we really want to be consistent we should have a name for the SI
unit of mass that is not based on the cgs--I speak with tongue firmly in
cheek. What really irritates me is SI's desire to introduce unneeded names
for units such as the Pascal and the Hertz and the Siemens.