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Originally Posted by pshrynk
And just what the hell is a league, as referencing a distance! The kindle dictionary has a furlong as an eighth of a mile, but says that a league is a grouping of states or individuals with a singular purpose. Doesn't make sense when the character states that she is going to travel less than two leagues to the nearest castle.
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Or the requirement in the classic physics exam question, "all answers shall be stated units of 'furlongs per fortnight'"