Re: Square metres etc. in English

Peter Twydell <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh, do forgive me for quoting such a massive volume of text for my
> humble contribution to this learned discourse. I prostrate myself in
> shame at your noble feet.

Please do not stop using your apparently forged From field before you have
useful contributions to make and you can express them without too
much babbling, pomposity, and noise. Thank you in advance.

> Read what I wrote: the _British_ term for the old units is 'Imperial'.

I did. If you think that the British term covers the U.S. units too (which
were part of the discussion), you are seriously misguided.

> I have translated many documents that did not use superscription in the
> original version.

That's as irrelevant as the rest of your posting.

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