> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/notation.html

> This table shows what comes after tera, but WRT the one-letter
> symbol it's a bit odd: suggesting 'm' for both milli and micro doesn't
> work well. It's also not the standard

I don't see any suggestion there of using m for milli and micro. I see

milli      10^-3    m                 milliampere    mille, thousand in
Latin
micro      10^-6    m (Greek mu)      microohm       mikros, small in Greek

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