why don't people say mega meters - eviltoast

How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

  • 0485@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We already have this in Sweden. 10km in Sweden is 1 mil (Swedish mile).

    When we sell/buy used cars and other types of vehicles we always count the mileage in Swedish miles.

    Kilometers work but is just absurd when you start talking about 100k+ kms.