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Re: Abbreviation of Nautical Mile
From: Carl Herzog
Date: 2005 Jun 7, 13:29 -0400
From: Carl Herzog
Date: 2005 Jun 7, 13:29 -0400
Dave Weilacher wrote: >This brings to mind one of my favorite sayings > >"Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing" > >Do you suppose Carls point could have been made with humour instead of personal assualt? Or perhaps humour was intended. > > You're quite right. It never occurred to me that my comment could possibly be construed as a reflection on Dan, and it definitely wasn't intended that way. For me, his suggestion that the two abbreviations could be confused immediately evoked a comical image of somebody attempting to plot a nanometer on a nautical chart, a scenario I consider pretty unlikely. However, I certainly respect and applaud Dan's attention to establishing unequivocal abbreviations. Carl
