Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 07:57:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Abbreviating units (was: cvs commit: src/sys/isa sio.c) Message-ID: <20020107075730.A9089@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020106173721.A3043@colnta.acns.ab.ca>; from davidc@acns.ab.ca on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 05:37:21PM -0700 References: <200201060458.g064w9626629@freefall.freebsd.org> <200201060550.g065oGn35131@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20020106152104.A4955@schweikhardt.net> <20020107105949.H45844@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020106173721.A3043@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 05:37:21PM -0700, Chad David wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:59:49AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > In Australia, they use "L" to represent litres. The Commonwealth > > Style Guide claims that this is the correct international > > abbreviation. I don't know anywhere else where it's a capital, but > > that doesn't mean it's wrong this way (just looks it :-). Can anybody > > confirm or deny? > > I've always written 'L' for litres, and my milk says 4L > (the container beside it say 475mL) if that means anything :). L is not correct, l is. SI says one should use m^3 for volumes but that never stuk for milk and the like ;) -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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