XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: charles@candehope.me.uk   
      
   In article ,   
      Bertel Lund Hansen  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   at least both measurement systems us the same time units.   
      
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