Warp wrote:
>   There's one thing where imperial units beat the metric system, and it's
> that their names *sound* better, at least in English.
> 
>   For example an expression like "it went for miles and miles" sounds a
> lot more fluent than "it went for kilometers and kilometers". (Or is it
> "kilometres"? You see, there's even confusion in that...)
> 
>   Likewise: "It missed me by mere inches" sounds more fluent than "it
> missed me by mere centimeters".
> 
>   Maybe this is simply because I have seen too many Hollywood movies.

	I suspect you answered the question.

	I lived in a place that has been using the metric system for a long
time, and perhaps never used the Imperial system (at least not in modern
times). Phrases like you mentioned were common - in both English and the
local language. No one thought it awkward.

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