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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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).

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

No, it isn't. A nautical mile is a measurement of distance, a knot is a nautical mile per hour.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

People have been using knots for a few millennia.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days 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.