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Parallel construction to mph, miles per hour. In my experience kph is more common than km/h.

by david-given 11y ago

eveningcoffee 11y ago
Kph is km/h? This is first time I see it.
- josephg 11y ago
  Yes. Kph stands for "Kilometers per hour". Km/h is more common notation, but apparently only by a factor of 2 here in Australia. https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22kph%22+site:au https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22kph%22+site:au - 256,000 results https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22km%2Fh%22+site:au https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22km%2Fh%22+site:au - 523,000 results
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  - xorcist 11y ago
    Seems impractical. Would you also write mps for m/s?
    - Already__Taken 11y ago
      Miles per second, great. kph is just wrong that we can figure out.
    - eveningcoffee 11y ago
      That would be actually confusing as m/s usually refers to meters in second. I would intuitively assume that mps is miles per second, but it would feel strange.
  - reacweb 11y ago
    I think the first search is filled by usages of kph not meaning kilometers per hour. In non anglophone countries, kph is completely unknown.
exceptione 11y ago
It's a bit off-topic, but kph is not common in my experience. I have a good explanation: this is metric, which is a very convenient system. If you want to express one measure against an other one, just use measure1/measure2. €10/meter, 25kg/liter etc. You can be more verbose and replace "/" with " per ". Adding constructs like kph sounds like the reintroduction of foot and elbow sizes in the system. Please keep it consistent. /end of rant
- david-given 11y ago
  It is consistent. It's consistent with mph, which is what people have been using for decades to measure speeds. Using a / is technically correct, sure, but it's also technical language and where I'm from people are unlikely to use that. They simply wouldn't think to abbreviate the 'per' in 'kilometres per hour' to a slash, any more than they'd think to abbreviate 'miles per hour' to 'm/s'. So, kph.
  - freehunter 11y ago
    Even in America, where kilometers aren't used on any roads really anywhere in the country, our speedometers still read mph and km/h. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/2002-chevrolet-monte-carlo-ss-dale-earnhardt-edition-speedometer-opt.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/2002-c...

Parallel construction to mph, miles per hour. In my experience kph is more common than km/h.

eveningcoffee 11y ago

Kph is km/h? This is first time I see it.

josephg 11y ago
Yes. Kph stands for "Kilometers per hour". Km/h is more common notation, but apparently only by a factor of 2 here in Australia. https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22kph%22+site:au https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22kph%22+site:au - 256,000 results https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22km%2Fh%22+site:au https://www.google.com.au/webhp?q=%22km%2Fh%22+site:au - 523,000 results
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- xorcist 11y ago
  Seems impractical. Would you also write mps for m/s?
  - Already__Taken 11y ago
    Miles per second, great. kph is just wrong that we can figure out.
  - eveningcoffee 11y ago
    That would be actually confusing as m/s usually refers to meters in second. I would intuitively assume that mps is miles per second, but it would feel strange.
- reacweb 11y ago
  I think the first search is filled by usages of kph not meaning kilometers per hour. In non anglophone countries, kph is completely unknown.

exceptione 11y ago

It's a bit off-topic, but kph is not common in my experience. I have a good explanation: this is metric, which is a very convenient system. If you want to express one measure against an other one, just use measure1/measure2. €10/meter, 25kg/liter etc. You can be more verbose and replace "/" with " per ". Adding constructs like kph sounds like the reintroduction of foot and elbow sizes in the system. Please keep it consistent. /end of rant

david-given 11y ago
It is consistent. It's consistent with mph, which is what people have been using for decades to measure speeds. Using a / is technically correct, sure, but it's also technical language and where I'm from people are unlikely to use that. They simply wouldn't think to abbreviate the 'per' in 'kilometres per hour' to a slash, any more than they'd think to abbreviate 'miles per hour' to 'm/s'. So, kph.
- freehunter 11y ago
  Even in America, where kilometers aren't used on any roads really anywhere in the country, our speedometers still read mph and km/h. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/2002-chevrolet-monte-carlo-ss-dale-earnhardt-edition-speedometer-opt.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/2002-c...