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question about the metric system
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 2 May 2002 19:19:04 GMT
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When I was down burning through the last of my grant money in the form
of a mileage reimbursement, I got to thinking...
What do people who live in nations where the metric system is used call
mileage? For english speaking countries is there a word such as
"kilometerage"? Is there a word that translates to this in other
langauges? Is it just refered to as a travel reimbursement?
thanks!
-c
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Mileage, as in miles per gallon? We normally use litres per mile. That being metric miles. A metric mile is 10 km. Note that litres per 10 km is the inverse measure, compared with mileage. Fredrik (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Here in Canada we call it mileage. If you look at an Auto Trader magazine, the ads list the cars' mileage. A funny thing - I'm a programmer, and I developed a system a few years ago that required users to enter a "mileage" which was passed (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well, here's a tough one... In Portugal we use the word "quilometragem" (or "kilometrage", if you prefer), when referring to cars and trains; for ships and aircrafts the use of the Imperial Measures is standard, so the word "Mileage" applies. (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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