> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:29:53 GMT, "The Old Bloke" <grates@microsft.com>
> brought the following to our attention:
>>
>>And it is more commonly spelt as "kilometre". According to some
>>dictionaries "kilometer" is US spelling.
>>
>>http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=43688&dict=CALD
>>
>>In Aus both spellings are used, just to confuse things more.
>
> That site could be even better that http://www.thefreedictionary.com/metre
>
>
> Now.. I just had to check the route:
>
> Tracing route to dictionary.cambridge.org [128.232.233.17]
>
> { nodes 1 - 3 removed }
> 4 9 ms te-1-1-ur02.sterling.va.richmond.comcast.net [68.86.172.242]
> 5 14 ms te-9-4-ar02.manassascc.va.richmond.comcast.net
> [68.86.172.246]
> 6 17 ms
> po-50-ar01.staplesmllrd.va.richmond.comcast.net[68.86.172.162]
> 7 18 ms te-0-3-0-0-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.91.121]
> 8 17 ms xe-11-2-0.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.231.13]
> 9 22 ms ae-34-89.car4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.134]
> 10 20 ms ash-bb1-113898-link.telia.net [213.248.88.85]
> 11 101 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [213.248.65.97]
> 12 101 ms ldn-b4-link.telia.net [80.91.250.233]
> 13 106 ms jnt-110793-ldn-b4.c.telia.net [213.248.100.238]
> 14 110 ms so-2-1-0.leed-sbr1.ja.net [146.97.33.29]
> 15 114 ms EastNET-C1.site.ja.net [146.97.42.34]
> 16 114 ms cambridge.site.ja.net [193.60.0.154]
> 17 112 ms route-cent-3.cam.ac.uk [192.153.213.194]
> 18 110 ms 192.153.213.51
> 19 113 ms dictionary.cup.cam.ac.uk [128.232.233.17]
>
>
> I'm guessing the hop over the pond is 101 ms?
>
The Yanks and Poms have got us Aussies totally confused. Meter, metre,
kilometre, kilometer. Didn't the Frogs invent the meter/metre? Where's MX?
the equator to the north pole through Paris. It was also about the length of
