XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: larry@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2024-09-24 03:28, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > It's unlikely to be kilometers per second...   
      
   Not the point. A newsreader is paid to speak. The least s/he/it can do   
   is speak properly.   
      
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