Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: what's a 2x4 Message-ID: <4798@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 18:41:37 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4798 Posted: Mon Dec 17 18:41:37 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 18:41:37 EST References: <888@ubc-cs.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 14 > ... This would consist of things like 2x4s (I guess it is OK to > use imperial measurements now that it appears mandatory metrification > is being scrapped)... It's OK to say "2x4" regardless, since this is a *name*, not a measurement. There is nothing "2 inches by 4 inches" about a 2x4 (no, not even rough-sawn 2x4's are 2 inches by 4 inches nowadays). The existing metric-practice guides, including the CSA one, are quite explicit that names don't change when you go metric. -- "Make mine metric." Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry