OT and kinda weird: American-to-British translation please!!!!
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nlpnt at yahoo.com
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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