On 5-Feb-07, at 12:37 PM, Randolph Peters 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 biggest disadvantage of "meterage" is that we are measuring kilometres, not metres. "Kilometerage" or "kilometrage" (the second looks better to me, but that might be because it exists in French) may not show up in a dictionary (except the Urban Dictionary) but it is certainly in common use already, as a casual Google search will show with either spelling.
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.)
Oh now, that last sentence just sums up how pathetic we Canadians really are! I know we have a national inferiority complex, but come on, let's keep it between ourselves and not air it in international forums. 8-)
Christopher Here's a Canadian knock-knock joke. American: "Knock, knock!" Canadian: "Come in?" .......... Sigh. It's true, we ARE pathetic! _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
