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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