Your mileage may vary

DribbleDuke

DribbleDuke

In trying to get back to the posts that you-all know and love from me. I have a pondering that I was involved with yesterday eve. Do countries use the word mileage, that do not actually track distance in miles or do they have a word similar to kilometerage ?
No. 47

No. 47

En France, c'est kilométrage.
jmann

jmann

Klicks down here.
Sarasota_Steve

Sarasota_Steve

we use mileage here..... what are you up to?
DribbleDuke

DribbleDuke

If I'm not mistaken we use 'distancia' in Spanish. And it would be given in kms. Not time like in the US.
DukeNukem999

DukeNukem999

Post missing.

jmann

jmann

Good question, we have been metric in Oz since 1970 but most people still use imperial terms for a persons height (eg. That guy was 6ft 2") and mileage when discussing fuel economy ("whats your mileage"... "its 15km/L").
It would be confusing for visitors for sure...but "kilometerage" just doesn't sound right
DribbleDuke

DribbleDuke

Post missing.