Sujet : Re: OT: Converting miles/km
De : larry (at) *nospam* invalid.ca (lar3ryca)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 24. Sep 2024, 00:03:09
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On 2024-09-22 23:50, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
lar3ryca wrote:
I haven't neede it, but just for fun I have calculated the Danish speed
limits in miles. If you want round firgures, it's:
>
50 km = 30 mi
80 km = 50 mi
110 km = 70 mi (2 km too much)
130 km = 80 mi
>
'mi' should be 'MPH'.
No. km ~ mi
Definitely not. A kilometre is not a speed, and a mile is not a speed.
There's a newsreader on a local radio station that insists on reporting wind speeds as 'nn kilometres'.
It's a wonder I have any teeth left, after grinding them most mornings.
-- Soy milk is just regular milk, introducing itself in Spanish.