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From: Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:26:26 +0100
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Le 20/09/2024 à 06:22, Hibou a écrit :
> Le 20/09/2024 à 00:12, Christian Weisgerber a écrit :
>>
>> I'm sorry, I don't know where to post this.  I'm crossposting to
>> alt.usage.english, because statute miles as a unit mostly afflict
>> the English-speaking world.
> 
> Afflict? Sometimes I wonder how many more times I'm going to hear 
> Germans criticising how we do things. [...]

Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I have allowed myself to 
criticise how other nations do things - the Americans, the French, and - 
yes - even the Germans.

I withdraw my remark.