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Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it. We use the unit 'kilometres
by arjie 13y ago
Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it.
We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)
- sergiosgc 13y agoIt was meant as a joke, no insult intended. I do not usually post jokes in forums such as HN, but the fuel consumption fraction is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't resist it. I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd. I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.
- arjie 13y agoNo insult assumed. You were obviously joking. The child comments on the other hand... Anyway, I wonder how this came about. I suppose it's just because India was a British colony that adopted the metric system.
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