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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·2 months agoIf we are being really pedantic. Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries does not turn a rope tied at one point into a time-changing object.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI believe the current terminology is nautical mile (distance) and knot (speed).
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNo, it isn’t. A nautical mile is a measurement of distance, a knot is a nautical mile per hour.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months ago Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries We’ve only been sailing for “several centuries.” How long was it a measure of distance before people started using it wrong?
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPeople have been using knots for a few millennia.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago fact that people have been using that The way language works is that people use things and they become correct. There’s things I hate, too, like “yea” now being a spelling for “yeah”. But it’s useless to fight it.
If we are being really pedantic. Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries does not turn a rope tied at one point into a time-changing object.
I believe the current terminology is nautical mile (distance) and knot (speed).
No, it isn’t. A nautical mile is a measurement of distance, a knot is a nautical mile per hour.
We’ve only been sailing for “several centuries.” How long was it a measure of distance before people started using it wrong?
People have been using knots for a few millennia.
The way language works is that people use things and they become correct.
There’s things I hate, too, like “yea” now being a spelling for “yeah”. But it’s useless to fight it.