home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

SCILANG:

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

 Message 296,594 of 297,380 
 Bertel Lund Hansen to All 
 Re: OT: Converting miles/km 
 25 Sep 24 10:37:42 
 
XPost: alt.usage.english
From: rundtosset@lundhansen.dk

lar3ryca wrote:

>>>>     	  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.

Really? What a surprise.

I haven't said that they were. I showed conversion between two length
units. The intelligent reader would then immediately know that the same
conversion can be use by speeds.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca