XPost: alt.usage.english
From: admin@127.0.0.1

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:03:09 -0600
lar3ryca  wrote:

> 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.
>
Our local traffic report readers seem to have difficulty telling us that
'X road is closed *due* to an accident'. They skip the 'due' word.
More teeth shortening stuff.

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