XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-09-20, Helmut Richter  wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > ... the English-speaking world with the exception of Ireland, Canada,   
   > Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa and some others.   
      
   I'm well aware, but they still suffer exposure by way of American   
   media.   
      
   The American-Canadian border in particular is very leaky in this   
   regard.  Canada is notionally fully metric, but economically aligned   
   with the US, and in practice you can find American units even in   
   Canadian French.   
      
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