Just for fun, I just checked the Oxford English Dictionary. Meterage is defined as a noun similar to mileage, but kilometerage is not listed, although it makes perfect sense to me.
Wade >>> On 2/5/2007 at 10:37 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Randolph Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Smith wrote: > I know this is off topic, but as a fellow Canadian, I've often > wondered what the metric version of the word "mileage" should be. I > assume the K in YKMV means kilometerage. Is that even a word? How > about meterage? In which case it would still be YMMV. The > disadvantage is that it still looks like the American "mileage" and > that might not sit well with those of us who want to show some > distinctiveness from our American cousins. (Note to our American > cousins: Canadians want to be thought of as being distinct, unless it > is to our advantage to not be thought of that way. Assuming you think > of us at all.) > > Just wondering.... > > -Randolph Peters _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
