Re: British v. American Vocabulary


Sat, 23 Sep 1995 01:12:26 GMT

russotto@wanda.pond.com wrote:

>I believe "furlong", like a number of other obscure measurements like
>the pre-metric inch, survives in surveying and other things involving
>land.

The furlong is also used in American horse racing for races that are
less than a mile in length (since short races don't get the big
publicity, it's rather easy to miss this). So if you want to use
furlongs in your adventure game, you should set it at a race track.

DSR