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.   
      
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