Re: SI units

[Doug Benning <benning@katoh-net.ac.jp>]

Folks,
I have been teaching in Japan at the secondary level now for about 3 years.
 Here the term Kilo can mean distance or weight.  It is a foreign word that
has been brought into Japanese.  I have never had nor heard anyone in three
years think that when I say `I drove 190 Kilos yesterday` that I was
refering to my resembelance to a sumo wrestler!  I think our battles are
better fought elsewhere!

Doug Benning -- Lurking in from Nippon! 

At 08:59 98/02/27 EST5EDT, you wrote:
> Gang:
> I think we need to fight the use of the word "kilo" for 
> kilogram because it is confusing.  It just means 1000.  
> A "kilo" of tomatoes might be a kilogram of tomatoes
> or 1000 tomatoes!                          WBN
>
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