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submitted 1 year ago by Dazza@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's weird that they wrote miles instead of kilometers

[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I would walk 804.672 kilometres just doesn't have the same ring to it

[–] Animated_beans@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The UK uses miles. They mostly use the metric system, but there are a few cases where they use the imperial system (like distance)

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

And assume online that everyone else does.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Other languages have words to describe lengths in a more "poetic" way.

In Spanish we have "leguas" which I'm sure was a unit of length, but gun to my head, can't tell how far one is.