Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:01:21 -0500

From: Mark Mandel Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM

Subject: Re: Canadian use of "klicks"? -Reply -Reply



Reacting to my question (='km' or = 'km/h'?), Edie Carlson wrote



e carlson ecarlson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LON.HOOKUP.NET 10/17/96, 01:27pm

I'm still learning to speak Canadian, so I asked for an explanation

from the first person I heard use the term. According to a 39 year

old female,

"klick" always means km. I asked if anyone used the term to refer to

km/h and got a funny look and was advised that one might say that,

but it wouldn't be right.



Edie ecarlson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]lon.hookup.net





My impression is that I heard "klick" = 'km/h' in live usage from the

surface of the Moon, referring to the speed of the surface explorer

vehicle.



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