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   Hibou to All   
   Re: OT: Converting miles/km   
   20 Sep 24 07:26:26   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 20/09/2024 à 06:22, Hibou a écrit :   
   > Le 20/09/2024 à 00:12, Christian Weisgerber a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> I'm sorry, I don't know where to post this.  I'm crossposting to   
   >> alt.usage.english, because statute miles as a unit mostly afflict   
   >> the English-speaking world.   
   >   
   > Afflict? Sometimes I wonder how many more times I'm going to hear   
   > Germans criticising how we do things. [...]   
      
   Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I have allowed myself to   
   criticise how other nations do things - the Americans, the French, and -   
   yes - even the Germans.   
      
   I withdraw my remark.   
      
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