Yeahsayyeah
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« on: November 19, 2015, 03:32:08 PM » |
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In Germany it's mostly in bywords like meilenweit - "miles wide", actually a far distance or circumcircle, or for lyrical value. Of course, we also know the Meilenstein and the Siebenmeilenstiefel ("seven league boots", the Bannmeile, and Meile meaning "long street" or "boulevard". Nobody would use it as an exact distance. And we have Bonusmeilen à la "miles and more".
And nautical miles of course, but the average German is not a captain or sailor. And as others already have stated, Jazz fans do quite often. ;-)
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