2000-12-07
I don't either, but if I remember correctly from the one or two times I went
with friends to a track, it is miles and fractional miles. And I think
furlongs too. But, I never heard feet. They do use hands for heights, and I
do remember hearing the term "length" as a measure, but know how long it is.
They seem to use their own units.
John
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Subject: [USMA:9606] RE: Morning Edition-NPR of 2000 December 7 at
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John wrote in USMA 9597:
>Another point to make is that Americans are not really familiar
with yards.
>Feet is the common unit used. The only times yards are used, other than
>football, is when something is transliterated from metres. Changing words
>does not make the meaning clearer.
I don't follow horse racing. Is it done in feet, yards, furlongs, or what?
