> I totally agree with this. I've found many people in Australia, South
> Africa and Britain still use the term mileage when referring to the
> kilometer distance recorded on the vehicle odometer. e.g. What mileage
does
> you car have? 60000 km! (I realize here that the UK does not yet use km,
> but many of the people I have know there, have lived outside the UK).
>

Similarly in Canada, the reading on a car's odometer,
although in km, is referred to as mileage.

Stephen Gallagher

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