The U.K. Left The EU, And Now It's Inching Away From The Metric System Too

hollydolly said:
I would only ever say Mile
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But which mile?

Roman mile, about 1.48 km
Italian mile, about 1 Roman mile
Arabic mile between 1.8 and 2 km
English mile, some variety between 1.5 km and 8 furlongs
Statute mile, one of the English miles, 1.6 km, or so
Welsh mile, 6.2 km
Scots mile, 1.8 km
Irish mile, about 2 km
German mile, about 11 km
Saxon mile, about 9 km
Hungarian mile, 8.4 to 9 km
Russian mile, 7.5 km
Croatian mile, 11.13 km
Ottoman mile, 1.89 km
Turkish mile, 1.85 km
Nautical mile, 1.852 km

I am sure I missed a few, and got a few wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile
 

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Alligatorob said:
But which mile?

Roman mile, about 1.48 km
Italian mile, about 1 Roman mile
Arabic mile between 1.8 and 2 km
English mile, some variety between 1.5 and 8 furlongs
Statute mile, one of the English miles, 1.6 km, or so
Welsh mile, 6.2 km
Scots mile, 1.8 km
Irish mile, about 2 km
German mile, about 11 km
Saxon mile, about 9 km
Hungarian mile, 8.4 to 9 km
Russian mile, 7.5 km
Croatian mile, 11.13 km
Ottoman mile, 1.89 km
Turkish mile, 1.85 km
Nautical mile, 1.852 km

I am sure I missed a few, and got a few wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile
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I'm sure @Furryanimal , and the Welsh contingent of this forum will be fascinated to learn there's 6.2km in a Welsh Mile...:sneaky:
 
Furryanimal said:
Yes......our kilometres are much more impressive:)
or something like that..
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"The vulgar notion of a Welsh mile is both extravagant and indefinite. By reference to the Welsh Laws, new modelled by Howel in the tenth century, the definition of a mile is there attributed to Dyfnwal, before the birth of Christ; and said to be as followeth: three barleycorns in an inch; three inches in a handsbreadth; three handbreadths in a foot; three feet in a pace; three paces in a leap; three leaps in a ridge of land; and one thousand ridges of land in a mile:—hence the term milldir, or a thousand ridges. By the foregoing definition, a Welsh mile is equal to three miles six furlongs twenty-seven poles and 15 yards English." https://www.sizes.com/units/mile_welsh.htm

Units can be fun
 
Alligatorob said:
"The vulgar notion of a Welsh mile is both extravagant and indefinite. By reference to the Welsh Laws, new modelled by Howel in the tenth century, the definition of a mile is there attributed to Dyfnwal, before the birth of Christ; and said to be as followeth: three barleycorns in an inch; three inches in a handsbreadth; three handbreadths in a foot; three feet in a pace; three paces in a leap; three leaps in a ridge of land; and one thousand ridges of land in a mile:—hence the term milldir, or a thousand ridges. By the foregoing definition, a Welsh mile is equal to three miles six furlongs twenty-seven poles and 15 yards English." https://www.sizes.com/units/mile_welsh.htm

Units can be fun
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What could be simpler? All this gobble-de-gook about ten this equals one of that,
I mean, WTF is a metre? I always thought that it was a funny pointed hat that bishops wore.
You mean a mitre, nope, I mean a metre. Never did have the religious calling.
 
horseless carriage said:
What could be simpler? All this gobble-de-gook about ten this equals one of that,
I mean, WTF is a metre? I always thought that it was a funny pointed hat that bishops wore.
You mean a mitre, nope, I mean a metre. Never did have the religious calling.
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I see your problem now. It's all in the spelling though it needn't be that complicated. All of these measurements are easily calculated if you've got the correct instrument. But in the end either spelling is irrelevant as both of these instruments accurately do the work for you.

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