But
"metre" is the correct [british] spelling for the measurement.
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asdfasdfasdf,
Tue 7 Mar 2006, 22:09,
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good old suzette
she does love her parking meter.
Incidentally, "meter" is in fact the correct British spelling for one of those devices. The reason being it measures instead of being a measurement. /mrpedantic
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Kroney,
Wed 8 Mar 2006, 9:10,
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