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Steph,

I think it's a matter of semantics really. Now the Ohm has been around 
forever as has the Volt and the Ampere, Henry, Farad etc so I see 
nothing tricky about Hertz and Siiemen or indeed many others. I have to 
say the mho was very inventive and has confused many especially when 
they don't believe it is simply ohm spelt backwards.

What is simple and intuitive about units in other areas of engineering 
and mathematics that are still in common usage e.g. Watts, Joules, 
Gauss, lumens, Maxwells, miles, yards, feet, fathoms, acres, chains, 
furlongs or even the ton to name but a few.

I have never felt that metric is any better than imperial, it's just 
another system and like anything else education is the key to 
understanding and using any system.

Brian

Steph Kerman wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I share your view about this.  The change from CPS to Hz is a lot like 
> standardized symbols on dashboards and other places...  Instead of 
> simple intuitive plain English titles that native English speakers 
> understood and foreign language speakers probably knew already or 
> learned quickly, we have to suffer with cryptic icons that are equally 
> unintelligible to all peoples regardless of language.
>
> Most other measurements units simplify the expression of something that 
> otherwise would be more complicated.  "Hz" seems only to obfuscate 
> something that was clear in the first place.
>
> Steph