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A Dark Journey Into Pointless Trivia
Has there ever been a fantasy novel...
Has there ever been a fantasy novel...
Jul
.
16th
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2011
07:24 pm
jeriendhal
...that used Metric instead of Imperial measurements?
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2011-07-17 12:43 am (UTC)
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Probably most of the ones written in the non-English-speaking world, I would imagine.
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2011-07-17 01:00 am (UTC)
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According to
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay
futuristic science fiction tends to use metric while futuristic fantasy novels do not.
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2011-07-17 03:01 am (UTC)
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I feel like I've read one but I don't remember what.
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2011-07-17 05:43 am (UTC)
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Excluding urban/modern fantasy, the German ones I can think of tended to use measures like paces, cubits, handspans... a day's march... I know the biggest German pen&paper RPG used kilometres and metres, but renamed them to mile and pace.
It's that olden-timesy feeling, y'know.
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Date: 2011-07-17 12:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-17 01:00 am (UTC)futuristic science fiction tends to use metric while futuristic fantasy novels do not.
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Date: 2011-07-17 05:43 am (UTC)It's that olden-timesy feeling, y'know.