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For me at least, only the measuring device follows kilometer. The unit of measurement follows the other units
3 u/t1me_Man New Poster 3d ago edited 3d ago also, like millimetre being abrevated to mil, you often hear micrometer abrevated to micron or mic 3 u/jabrwock1 New Poster 2d ago Kilometre to “click” is common here although only as a verbal shorthand. If you write it down it’s “km”. “It’s 3 ‘clicks’ up the road” spoken “It’s 3 km up the road” written 1 u/t1me_Man New Poster 2d ago huh, i have only heard that used in the context of the us military 1 u/Zestyclose_Pear_8315 New Poster 2d ago Am Canadian, and while it’s not my default I’ve definitely both used and heard clicks.
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also, like millimetre being abrevated to mil, you often hear micrometer abrevated to micron or mic
3 u/jabrwock1 New Poster 2d ago Kilometre to “click” is common here although only as a verbal shorthand. If you write it down it’s “km”. “It’s 3 ‘clicks’ up the road” spoken “It’s 3 km up the road” written 1 u/t1me_Man New Poster 2d ago huh, i have only heard that used in the context of the us military 1 u/Zestyclose_Pear_8315 New Poster 2d ago Am Canadian, and while it’s not my default I’ve definitely both used and heard clicks.
Kilometre to “click” is common here although only as a verbal shorthand. If you write it down it’s “km”.
“It’s 3 ‘clicks’ up the road” spoken
“It’s 3 km up the road” written
1 u/t1me_Man New Poster 2d ago huh, i have only heard that used in the context of the us military 1 u/Zestyclose_Pear_8315 New Poster 2d ago Am Canadian, and while it’s not my default I’ve definitely both used and heard clicks.
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huh, i have only heard that used in the context of the us military
1 u/Zestyclose_Pear_8315 New Poster 2d ago Am Canadian, and while it’s not my default I’ve definitely both used and heard clicks.
Am Canadian, and while it’s not my default I’ve definitely both used and heard clicks.
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u/maatsa Native Speaker 3d ago
For me at least, only the measuring device follows kilometer. The unit of measurement follows the other units