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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:11:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-09-20, Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> wrote:

>> 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.
>
> ... the English-speaking world with the exception of Ireland, Canada,
> Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa and some others.

I'm well aware, but they still suffer exposure by way of American
media.

The American-Canadian border in particular is very leaky in this
regard.  Canada is notionally fully metric, but economically aligned
with the US, and in practice you can find American units even in
Canadian French.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de