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Why do people call it mileage and not kilometerage?

busydude

busydude

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Also, I cringe when ever I see people saying "car X gives a mileage of 15 KMPL." It just feels so wrong.

Can someone also explain the meaning of mileage to me?

Is it the number of miles a car has been driven? Or, the fuel economy of the car?
 
They try to pretend they like the metric system. They really know deep down that miles are better than kilometers, so the word slips out.
 
I know that mileage sounds better. But come on.. we can just simply swap miles with kilometers and call it "mileage. "
 
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Ok, mile comes from the latin whatever (I seem to remember something like a thousand paces ). The Romans included mileposts on their (military) roads.
Kilometer entered into use in the Napoleonic Period as a reaction to "old" ways.
In the period WW1 to WW2 and some time after USA, British influence internationally in the Automotive and especially the Aviation Sectors dominated world usage.
Just as (I think) English is (was?) the international language of Aviation.
Worldwide news and magazine circulation.
Coverage of USA early EPA/mileage certainly contributes.
Language usage changes follow their own logic.
 
First off, we don't use KMPL (kilometer per liter), we use Liters per 100KM. That's how you use the superior metric system.

So, in fact, when using MPG, a higher number is better, but when using L/100KM, a lower number is better.
 
DaTT said:
First off, we don't use KMPL (kilometer per liter), we use Liters per 100KM. That's how you use the superior metric system.

So, in fact, when using MPG, a higher number is better, but when using L/100KM, a lower number is better.
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A former British colony with a population of 1.2 billion uses KMPL.
 
manimal said:
who won ww2?


thats right
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WW2?

You can't win in Iraq, Afghanistan...and others...just to murder some innocent people in some places, where you're not afraid to get back too much...
And you fantasize about winning WWII?

Baseball "World Series" Have they seen a map? At least of "World" of baseball series?
 
Gintaras said:
WW2?

You can't win in Iraq, Afghanistan...and others...just to murder some innocent people in some places, where you're not afraid to get back too much...
And you fantasize about winning WWII?

Baseball "World Series" Have they seen a map? At least of "World" of baseball series?
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I am of Italian descent and born in Brazil. I was wearing my central Indiana hat that does in fact read nascar on the front.


This was the effect I was going for

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I always wondered that too. Really, we should just call it distance, or some other general term. Hopefully at some point the US will get with the times and start using the metric system like the rest of us, and we'll stop getting bad influences. 😛
 
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