return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoNikki Haley wins the Vermont Republican primarywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThat’s some pretty long paces? So why not use those instead of yawns? Then at lest there would be 1 point where imperial made sense. Not much, but better than nothing.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoA pace is two steps. The Roman gradus, or step, was half of that, roughly in the neighborhood of a yard.
That’s some pretty long paces? So why not use those instead of yawns? Then at lest there would be 1 point where imperial made sense. Not much, but better than nothing.
A pace is two steps. The Roman gradus, or step, was half of that, roughly in the neighborhood of a yard.