klick

[sagehen]

>I hear and see this used in Canada especially for 'kilometres per
>hour'.  Very useful, since the phrase is something of a mouthful.  I
>don't recall seeing it spelled with a 'c'.
>
>Victoria
>
>Victoria Neufeldt
>727 9th Street East
>Saskatoon, Sask.
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CBC held a contest in '75 or '76 to come up with a term for km/hr & "klick"
was the winner.  IIRC, I submitted "borne" since Mille Bornes  was popular
at the time & bilingualism was very much in the forefront.
A. Murie