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I would have expected something like 'Smörgaskilo'
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Miltal.
Note that the Swedish mil is quite different to the English or Roman mile.
But we still use it though.
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Johnny J. wrote: "How far has it driven?"
"The farthest? To the other side of town, and back. And repeated many times over".
That would be my pedantic answer.
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What context is mileage ? fuel consumption ? or the odometer value ?
for fuel consumption, in french we just do it the long way "la consommation de carburant est de xxx liter per km".
I'd rather be phishing!
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"xxx liters per 100 km".
FTFY.
Unless you like using small fractional units?
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In England we are traditionalists so despite trying to use kilometers and litres we still say "Mileage"!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: despite trying to use kilometers
Since when? All speed limits are in MPH; all signs with distances show miles; speedometers show both, but emphasise MPH. Where are we trying to use kilometers?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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We are not. But since @Forogar is a foreigner he wouldn't know.
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Quote: since @Forogar is a foreigner Cheek!
Born in Watford I'll have you know!
I only live in the colonies!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I used to live in Hemel Hempstead; spent many a boring hour shopping in Watford.
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My mother was born in Hemel Hempstead but I left Watford when I was less than 1 year old so I don't really know the area. I was brought up in Blackpool where my parents ran a couple of hotels.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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When I still lived in Blighty I noticed that the road construction signs that said things like "Road Works 300 yds" occasionally said "Road Works 300m" as they tried to go metric, a bit - although it failed to get traction - which is why I said "trying to use".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Metres we can just about cope with. Kilometres will still get you burned as a witch in most places.
Although I still wonder why nobody ever seems to use megametres, gigametres, etc. Even in sci-fi, short distances in space are given in "million kilometres".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It's a silent protest against total metrification! We can't stop it, but we can slow it down.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yeah, but we stick to miles-per-hour for speed limits, and miles-to-town for direction signage.
I suspect we have never (and will never) switch to KPH or Km-to-go because of the sheer cost and time involved in switching over all the aluminium signage!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Another nail in the Anti-Brexit League's coffin?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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And of course, miles being bigger than kilometers you need fewer of them to get anywhere.
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Which has to be good for the environment.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I don't think it has anything to do with money.
It's just a part of your national schizophrenia pride.
On one side you're the most inventive people on the earth, there's no coincidence industrialisation started in the UK.
But at the same time you can be extremely averse to anything "not invented here", and having a non functional management culture, which together explains the death of the British car industry (and brexit, but let's not go there ).
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Around here (Canada): Mileage. Even though all road signs and odometers are in metric.
I come from a long family line of auto mechanics, and I've never heard anyone talk about a "low kilometerage car".
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Neither have I, although I wonder what word they use in québecois French. Probably the same as in France, but that's not always the case.
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we use kilométrage.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Interesting. I live right across the Ottawa river (eastern Ontario) and have heard plenty of Quebecers say "millage". Must be a regional thing. Are you closer to Quebec City perhaps?
(as in, "comment de millage qu'y a, ton ostie d'bazou?")
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nope, in Montréal.
Maybe a cultural thing or usage; it is not a word I use often as I don't have a car.
I might say mileage in casual "speaking", but most often will say kilométrage.
I'd rather be phishing!
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