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<<tehcniques>>
Then there are the vacant hatches in outlying regions of the park park; their very remoteness from the point of purchase by law of nature enforcing hikes through territories rife with possibilities for bird watching. Leave the vultures their carion, I will eat fresh meat!
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Bingley,
We do say kilométrage in French Québec. In English we usually say klicks - as in "how many klicks do you have on your odometer"
Though our dealers also advertise the cars 'mileage' and give the readings in kilometers.
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no problem with using mileage
And USns will happily say penny wise and pound foolish or in for a penny, in for a pound without a linguistic care in the world.
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And USns will happily say...yeahbut® This is the proud land of unpresidented speechificationisationism
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unpresidented speechificationisationism
US'ns din't never needed no precedent to speak our mines, if any or at all.
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