Dazza@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAnd I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down121
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageAnd I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more.i.imgur.comDazza@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s weird that they wrote miles instead of kilometers
minus-squareAlf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI would walk 804.672 kilometres just doesn’t have the same ring to it
minus-squareAnimated_beans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe UK uses miles. They mostly use the metric system, but there are a few cases where they use the imperial system (like distance)
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAnd assume online that everyone else does.
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOther languages have words to describe lengths in a more “poetic” way. In Spanish we have “leguas” which I’m sure was a unit of length, but gun to my head, can’t tell how far one is.
It’s weird that they wrote miles instead of kilometers
I would walk 804.672 kilometres just doesn’t have the same ring to it
The UK uses miles. They mostly use the metric system, but there are a few cases where they use the imperial system (like distance)
And assume online that everyone else does.
Other languages have words to describe lengths in a more “poetic” way.
In Spanish we have “leguas” which I’m sure was a unit of length, but gun to my head, can’t tell how far one is.