= Сообщение: 4833 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 24 Apr 17 10:55:38 Кому : Robert Bashe 24 Apr 17 10:55:38 Тема : Brexit, It giet oan! FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+58fdbd82 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+58fda5c5 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== ============================================================================== On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:10:12 Robert Bashe -> David Rance wrote:
RB> David Rance wrote to Björn Felten on Sunday April 23 2017 at 23:46:
DR>> One thing that annoys me is that we seem to have approved a new DR>> spelling of ton. It is now tonne. I know what the difference is but DR>> even where it is used in a figurative way it is still spelt tonne.
RB> No, David, there's a difference, and it's not merely figurative. A ton RB> is 2000 pounds, but a tonne is 1000 kg (which is roughly 2200 pounds). RB> The spelling indicates what system of measurement is used.
Yes, I said I knew what the difference is. My annoyance is with the figurative use of the word when the word is simply used to mean "lots". Whereas at one time we would see "tons and tons" now we see "tonnes and tonnes". Same context. No suggestion that it means anything exact, so the difference between metric and imperial doesn't really come into it.
RB> It took me quite a while to figure this out, too, and I was a RB> translator for nearly 20 years.
I don't really know when this became common but, now I'm rather hard of hearing, I have subtitles on the television programmes and I've never seen the word "ton" whereas I see "tonne" many times a day (figuratively speaking!). ;-)
Deafness? Grumpy old man!
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
