Timeline for Mileage as unit-agnostic term
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| Dec 15, 2013 at 7:33 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Is that a miley-face? | |
| Dec 15, 2013 at 5:12 | comment | added | Kris | @EdwinAshworth Should be. I don't know how a pace of those times compares to our 'pace' today, could have been longer :) | |
| Dec 14, 2013 at 12:12 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Kris So a mile is shorter than it used to be? I get the impression they're getting longer. | |
| Dec 14, 2013 at 7:07 | comment | added | Kris | @Mari-LouA You are right, though derive is not exactly the word -- it's shortening, as sometime happens, losing significant meaning in the process. | |
| Dec 14, 2013 at 6:50 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I believe mile derives from mille passi a thousand paces. | |
| Dec 14, 2013 at 6:17 | history | answered | Kris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |