On 13 Apr, 15:56, Sam > wrote:
> Mary Fisher wrote:
> > "Sam" > wrote in message
Hi Sam,

You're right it's seconds, even on this side of the Atlantic.

Jim



> >news:mailman.7.1207570908.4061.rec.food.sourdough @www.mountainbitwarrior.com...
>
> >>...
> common use in US-English *language space appears to be:
>
> ' - foot , " - inch
>
> and, apparently:
>
> ' - minute, " - second
>
> Where do you find *the *" also meaning minutes - AU/UK-English?
>
> A web reference is appreciated.
>
> The only - kind of matching - reference I could find was:
>
> Use the straight single and double quotes ' and " only to denote
> minutes, seconds, feet, and inches.
>
> That's from:http://www.poynton.com/notes/typesetting/index.html
>
> and the author is from Canada.
>
> Sam