deccayard
English translation: decayard (10 yards)
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| 4 +3 | decayard (10 yards) |
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peer agreement (net): +3decayard (10 yards) Explanation: It seems weird to use a decimal prefix to a non-decimal unit, but it can't be anything else. BTW it's spelt with single 'c'. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2011-03-11 11:16:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "i agree that fractional points are better. i see football in yards, not decayards." http://www.thegamerslab.com/community/eafl-community/34449-e... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2011-03-11 11:21:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There are kiloyards, kilomiles, hectomiles, decamiles etc. http://www.convertunits.com/info/kiloyard http://deathbymountain.blogspot.com/2010/08/275-decamiles.ht... ... but people agree it's silly :) "Perhaps you could work around it by listing mileage rates per hundred miles and enter a 17 mile trip as 0.17 "hundred miles" or "miles/100"? As silly as that sounds, it is probably better than hectomiles." http://www.accountantforums.com/invoice-calculations-t66939.... |
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