Re: Electronic balances was A weighty subject

[paul o johnson <pojhome@FLASH.NET>]

Brian McInnes wrote:

> Here in English-speaking metric (for nearly 30 years) Australia,  when
> we get off bathroom scales that read 80 kg we say that our weight is
> 80 kg.  If, perchance, we spoke about it in the physics tea-room, we
> would say that our weight was 80kg (not 800 N or that our mass were
> 80kg).  Once we get into the physics lecture-room or laboratory we
> immediately move into the "800 N or mass of 80kg" mode.

Brian,  during the two years I lived in Australia, I didn't hear my many
native friends speak English. They spoke 'Strine.

poj