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Draxas
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20 miles meaning 200km? That's really far to go without any directional cues.
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CelticMinstrel
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To be honest, between all the wars and inbreeding of royal families, yeah, I kind of did think the English system was pretty universal. You learn something new every day.
Well, actually, the English system (or rather, the Imperial system) did achieve some measure of universality, due to the British Empire. But not as universal as the metric system. And America does not use the Imperial system – its weights are different, due to not having the stone, and its gallons are different. (Incidentally, the stone is the source of the long ton.)
Luckily, this is mostly unofficial; road signs and such are in km. Amusingly, the Swedish mile was 10 688 m until 1889, when the Metric system was introduced and the mile redefined as 10 km. Wow, Swedish miles are long. |
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CelticMinstrel
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...Oh, actually I see what you did there. You gave the old version in metres, but the new version in kilometres. Trying to confuse me, eh? 
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