I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

From my experience in Norway, these are typical in context of daily speech: (...) km, m, dm (kinda rare), cm, mm

Don't forget the Scandinavian mile! You and the Swedes use it all the time.

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