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>Michael Alexander <malex@bigfoot.com> wrote in article
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>> While reading the latest edition of "Network Rail", I noticed that they
>> seem to have adopted the incorrect "kph" as their standard abbreviation
>>for
>> kilometres per hour.
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>> Apart from giving them less credibility than they deserve, does this
>>annoy
>> anybody else, or is it just me? It seems that we are being flooded by
>kph,
>> kmh and even abberations like kmp/hr, while the simple (& correct) km/h
>>is
>> becoming a rarity.
>>
Fort it was km/hr or kmhr-1 (superscript); but then I'm just a thicko
pom from a country which has been desperately trying to metricate
since the 70s but is still only half way there (you buy pre-packed
groceries in kgs but loose ones in lbs!).
BTW isn't it pronounced 'kays'? :-)
Oh yes. Seen the soap, anyone? (anti-pom jibe)
Cheers
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Tom (West Sussex, UK)
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