25 Oct
2016
25 Oct
'16
10:27 p.m.
Just as a reminder about idioms. Making some flight reservations - the
points are called "miles" even on Air France
-----Original Message-----
From: dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net
[mailto:dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net] On Behalf Of Nicolás Echániz
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 19:53
To: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net>
Subject: Re: [DC3] RES: RES: Declaration on Community Connectivity v.1.0
On 10/20/2016 12:00 PM, <mailto:dc3@bob.ma> dc3(a)bob.ma wrote:
This is a question I sometimes ask are terms like
last mile
idiomatic rather than referring to an actual mile?
Even worse is when
you have a naïve translator writing about the last 1.6
km. If indeed
last mile is idiomatic then first square mile
works and first
km^2 isnt quite the same play on meme.
I also think of "last mile" as not referring to an actual mile nowadays.
The "distance" from "last mile" to "first square kilometer"
takes out the
fun in the expression :P
I prefer "first square mile" or even "first mile" when it's
written and
"first square mile" when we are talking and can explain the concept a bit.
I've found the coincidence of many people with an alternative view on the
Internet using the expression "first mile"; it's sort of "already out
there".
Cheers!
Nico
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