K'lommiters

Michael Alexander (malex@bigfoot.com)
18 Aug 1997 03:06:26 GMT

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.

And of course, the pronunciation of kilometres as "k'lommiters" is even
worse. You almost get strange looks these days if you pronounce it
correctly!

-- 
Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)