• Alf
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      102 years ago

      I would walk 804.672 kilometres just doesn’t have the same ring to it

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      The UK uses miles. They mostly use the metric system, but there are a few cases where they use the imperial system (like distance)

    • @[email protected]
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      22 years ago

      Other languages have words to describe lengths in a more “poetic” way.

      In Spanish we have “leguas” which I’m sure was a unit of length, but gun to my head, can’t tell how far one is.