cncmarine said:
In the manfacturing world the average employee would understand the second quote. (.0005 = five tenths)Its not right but its true
- What if I spoke with a heavy foreign accent?
- What if the guy in the shop was a literal-minded person who spoke English (American English) as a second (or third) language? (I see lots of those every month.)
- What if I were just a "mush mouth?"
The original question referred to a person speaking English who had his previous experience in French. If we muck up the answer with all the sloppy usage and just plain wrong usage which abounds, we are contravening the concept of Quality. Odds are 50/50 the French speaker will not be working in inch-pound system, anyway. I'm not aware of anyone credible who would refer to 0.0001 meters as a "tenth!"
Didn't think my little question was going to bring up this big debate...
... I'm use to work with nano & pico....and now i see that there's a lingo for the "shop" and the "QM" dude!