Sweden also uses mil for distance, which is 10^4 meters (10 km)
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mrmule@lemmy.world 3 years ago
Sweden uses decimeters and deciliters
LostGuide@lemmy.ca 3 years ago
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 years ago
Sweden is also the only country in the world to have a sensible use of the word ‘miles’ (or ‘mil’ in Swedish):
10km = 1 mil
They use this a lot when speaking of travel distances longer than 20km.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 years ago
In Canada anything over 20km is referenced as time. “it’s about an hour drive”
H4mi@lemm.ee 3 years ago
And hectograms. We just shorten it to ”hekto” though. It’s how we buy stuff from the deli. ”2 hekto salami please”.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 years ago
The silly Austrians would ask for “20 Deka Salami, bitte.” It’s weird.