tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 27 19:24:52 1997
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Re: fractions ?
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: fractions ?
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:10:59 -0500
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From: Oliver Stoll <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, November 27, 1997 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: fractions ?
>Not in the US, true. But other countries, which don't usually use miles,
>might as well use "American miles" to differ american miles from sea
>miles, and all the other versions of "miles" which there are. Take Germany
>as an example.
The correct terms for these are "statute miles" and "nautical miles." But
these are standard, accepted terms, and they have pre-defined meaning. When
referring to a statute mile, 5280 feet, the terms "American kilometer" and
{tera' qelI'qam} just don't do it.
Besides, we're starting to learn a good deal about Klingon measuring
systems. We can start using these, and stop relying on other translations.
SuStel
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