> We don't call it anything.
I bet NASA called it a thing or two, and their space probes skipped and caught fire, merrily...
I thought they were called 'english' measurements, or 'standard' (a much more idiomatically American term, if I might say so).
ObGlorantha: I'd guess the Lunars, and when I say Lunars, of course I mean really, the Dara Happans, have anally (if not necessarily well) organised system of measurements. 111 thingies make a whatsit, 4 whatsits make a grand ho-ha, etc, etc. How do say the Orlanthi measure things? Do we steal from the Irish, and assume they have some phrase equivalent to 'a hundred yards' (meaning the thick end of a mile) and 'a couple of miles' (who knows how long)?
Cheers,
Alex.
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