Re: Eurocentrism, incorrect unit abbreviations, and proprietary Royalist Engish (sic) terms

Good afternoon,

I understood that the US used the imperial system (linked to the metric 
system), but I'm a Dutch guy living in Spain. What do I know?

Cheers,
Hans

On 05/07/18 12:36, Richard Wallis wrote:
> On the “not that this is important” theme, and as an example of how 
> local terms can be confusing in a global context, and visa versa…..
>
> The term “Royalist English” is one I had not met before - consulting 
> Wikipedia and the Google doesn’t seem to help clarify.  US English, 
> UK/British English, AUS English, CAN English are all terms, for the 
> language I recognise, but not the form Joe uses.  Is there a 
> definition, beyond Joe’s person one?
>
> I somewhat flippantly pose that question to highlight how the language 
> used in these discussions can easily hijack the tone and content of 
> the discussion away from the objective we all share of helping to make 
> Schema.org useful, understandable, and beneficial to as many on this 
> planet as possible [in their interaction with computing processes and 
> systems], regardless of their country of residence/birth, language, 
> default systems of units, or professional, political, and personal 
> views and biases.
>
> I am looking forward to the practical outputs that will arise from 
> this conversation.
>
> ~Richard.
>
> Richard Wallis
> Founder, Data Liberate
> http://dataliberate.com
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>
> On 5 July 2018 at 10:20, Hans Polak <info@polak.es 
> <mailto:info@polak.es>> wrote:
>
>     Good morning,
>
>     Not that this is important, but I believe that the US has already
>     adopted the metric system. All imperial measurements are expressed
>     in metric units.
>
>     "The Metric Conversion Act is an Act of Congress that U.S.
>     President Gerald Ford signed into law on December 23, 1975." -
>     Wikipedia
>
>     Yours sincerely,
>     Hans Polak
>
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