Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Jonathan Hurley (jhurley1@attila.stevens-tech.edu)
12 Oct 1995 17:08:03 GMT

Dave Budd (zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk) wrote: : don@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Don Stokes)
writes:
: >v. Those *names*. I'd stop saying "miles" immediately if the "official"
: > name for a kilometre changed to something that rolled off the tounge as
: > easily.
: kloms

I always preferred klicks, myself. Or kays. Either one works in casual
conversation. Just as kaygees or kilos do for weight.