"The Snowman" (the-snowman)
03/29/2016 at 10:29 • Filed to: None
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"The Snowman" (the-snowman)
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How does the rest of the world express the distance a vehicle has traveled? Kilometerage, is that even a word?
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:32 |
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Canadian here, it’s called mileage and measured in kilometers. Go figure.
McMike
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:33 |
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The speedo on my Mini is in KM, and that’s that I call it - well, at least in the repair/service spreadsheet I keep.
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/29/2016 at 10:34 |
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Yeah. It feels awkward to say.
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:35 |
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Mileage I believe. Funny right?
KnowsAboutCars
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:39 |
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I think it’s always mileage in english. It varies in other languages though.
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:47 |
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In Dutch we call it “Kilometerstand”, meaning something like the read off of the odometer.
DutchieDC2R
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 10:48 |
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In Holland, this would be the way to say it:
I am traveling x kilometers
We have traveled x kilometers
That car has traveled x kilometers
That car has x kilometers on its odo
To properly answer your question, the mileage, or in this case KMs, are read as Kilometers. When buying a car, you could say: the car has 120.000 kilometers (on the odo).
Telumektar
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 11:03 |
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In Spanish language it’s said kilometraje , but I always thought it as mileage in English. It didn’t even come into my attention since you never talk about Kilometres. I think the guys at MCM, who will always use the ISU (Km for distance, Watts for power, N.m for Torque, etc) still say mileage.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 11:05 |
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If I speak to English speakers, it’s mileage; if I speak to French speakers, it’s
kilométrage.
Cé hé sin
> The Snowman
03/29/2016 at 11:38 |
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Kind of depends on what language you have in mind.
Places that combine English and metric tend to say mileage because kilometrage sounds weird.