From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:34839] Re: Metres have overtaken yards in the UK Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:58:29 +0100In reality almost no-one uses kilometres, very few express walking distances in metres, practially no-one measures themselves in anything other than feet/in st/lb.The kilometre is being used increasingly now in sport and fitness activities. Usually referred to as walking or cycling so many 'k' I have heard people refer to thier weight in kg, I admit it isn't common but it isn't unknown either.Phil Hall
Yes, sorry, - you are right - km does get used in many sports (as does
metres). Also there are "5K runs" and "10K runs".
I was talking about common parlance - and made an oversight about those
interested in certain sports.
