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Subject:	Re: question about the metric system
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 2 May 2002 19:33:26 GMT
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes: > What do people who live in nations where the metric system is used call > mileage? 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

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		Re: question about the metric system
(...) ??? Are you sure about this? I never heard about metric miles - AFAIK, the biggest metric measure is the km; but I may be wrong... Or is this a "non-official" measure? ;-) Pedro (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: question about the metric system
(...) um... yes and no. my question was more so aimed at straight distance like "the mileage on my car's odometer is 52000 miles (or ~83686 km). But either meaning should work. :) -c (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		question about the metric system
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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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