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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: mho
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Brian Raiter wrote:
> 
> Tom Geletka <geletka@interaccess.RemoveThis.com>:
> 
> >:Which is not a bad idea, as it relies entirely on SI units and prefixes.
> >:Americans  seem  to  have  an  attitude  against  giving  units European
> >:person's names. %-)
> >
> >So what units are named after Americans?
> 
> Well, there is the microLenat. (See The Jargon File.)

This, by the way, is the unit of bogosity.  The unit of speech
speed is the millilampson:  Lampson talks at 1000 mLa, obviously,
but most people can only manage about 300-400 mLa.

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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
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