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minus-square@Buffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 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-square@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•4 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.