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Distances on road signs are still in miles and speed limits are still in mph, so familiarity with miles reflects their official status, not just British weirdne
by bolanyo 4y ago
Distances on road signs are still in miles and speed limits are still in mph, so familiarity with miles reflects their official status, not just British weirdness/quaintness.
- notahacker 4y agoAnd also, unlike the weirdness of pre-decimal currency or some of our more obscure weights and measures units, the miles we talk about are rough approximations that aren't supposed to be subdivided or converted into anything precise (or anything more precise than "about half a mile") so there's no particular advantage to using an SI unit
- bolanyo 4y agoDisagree. A mile is a well-defined quantity, and furlongs are widely understood by older men.