Date   : Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:34:01 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Grammar

"Austin Pass" <austinpass.bbc@...> wrote:
> > (etc).  I particularly hate the modern tendency to write, say:
> >
> > 1mb
> 
> The worst one with respect to this phenomenon is people (most often supposed
> "ICT authorities") who don't understand the difference between a bit and a
> byte, usually in the context of megabits and megabytes, usually with
 
When I worked in Hong Kong everybody measured lengths in Megamoles
- yes 80MM disks!
 
And even here I see liquids dispensed in some unknown unit 'L'.
 
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