Re: K'lommiters
Krel (krel4203@netconnect.com.au)
18 Aug 97 12:39:43 GMT
Michael Alexander <malex@bigfoot.com> wrote in article
<01bcab83$52460fc0$01010101@mikeya>...
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
You are not the only one annoyed by kph, KPH, KmPH, kmph, kmp/h etc, etc.
Air pressure is another annoyance Kpa or kpa instead of kPa. I guess to be
really correct air pressure should be measured in bar or mb.
Its pretty easy - if a unit is named after a person (eg Pascal) then it has
an upper case initial; if it is not (eg kilo) it is lower case. / means per
so kmp/h means kilometres per per hour.
--
Cheers Krel
The Law of Inverse Proportions - The chances of the signal clearing
without having to get out of the cab and go to a lineside phone is inversly
proportional to the amount of rain falling at the time :-)