See this Craig's list ad:

http://comoxvalley.en.craigslist.ca/tls/3001656061.html

Leaving aside the arrogance of his price policy I am fascinated by the
fact that a machinist (self-defined) who can afford such expensive
tools does not know what a vernier is.

The only "vernier" I see is on the micrometer scale.

Has it become acceptable to refer to calipers as "vernier" whether
they use the vernier scale or not? Like Pilsner beer etc.?

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC