OT and kinda weird: American-to-British translation please!!!!

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Sat Feb 17 02:35:52 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 12471

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kaitlin" <ReinaKata02 at y...> wrote:
> Hi folks, I need help with a project, and I think you guys can 
answer 
> me the fastest.
> When talking to a British person about "mileage," as in a car that 
> gets good mileage, would you actually call it mileage or would you 
> call it something else?
> I know I can count on you guys!
> Best wishes,
> Kaitlin

Not an actual Brit, but in all the UK car magazines they refer to it 
as "fuel consumption".
 High consumption= low gas mileage, a particularly damning charge 
against a vehicle as their petrol costs about 4x as much as our gas 
(!)





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