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Ray McCarthyraymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
Jul 3, 2026, 5:34 PM
@markwyner
No, it's wrong. Even USA-centric Wikipedia that gives USA spelling priority, has
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
The seven SI base units Symbol Name Quantity
s second time
m metre length
kg kilogram mass
A ampere electric current
K kelvin thermodynamic temperature
mol mole amount of substance
cd candela luminous intensity
Also
0 °F, approximately -17.8 °C or 255.38 K ( no °)
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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:markwyner@mas.to
Jul 3, 2026, 6:35 PM
@raymaccarthy sorry. I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make.
On the very entry you linked to, there is a section that explicitly notes the lexicographic variance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units#Lexicographic_conventions
You’re showing that the U.S. English entry lists it as metre in that table. But this section on lexicographic conventions notes that it’s simply spelled slightly different for American English. The table is formal, so it uses the source spelling.
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