> > > > > I don't see any point in changing idioms: something moving slowly is "inching along", something moving fast is "going a mile a minute", even though I have no idea what speed that might indicate and I wouldn't have a clue how fast I might be driving in miles per hour.
> > > >
> > > > 60 mph(approx. 9.6 km/h).
> > >
> > > Well, hey, I'm not quite *that* bad...I meant I had no idea of the speed of "a mile a minute" in terms of kilometres per hour. The 60mph part I knew. ;-)
> > > On the other hand, I'm darn sure that 60mph doesn't translate into 9.6 km/hr.
> >
> > Oops. 96 km/h, maybe?
> >
> > > > Can't be as bad as naming a city "Rat Mouth".
> > >
> > > What?! Where is it?! I *have* to go see a city called "Rat Mouth". Wow. What do they call the people who live there? Rat Mouthers? Ewwwwwwww.
> >
> > Sure, Boca Raton, Florida. I've never been there myself, actually...
> >
> > > Brunnen-"Just thinking about it makes me want to go brush my teeth"G
> >
> > Nyperold
>
> Next question: Does anybody know a town whose name means "Red Stick?"
> Howard

Baton Rouge, of course.

Nyper"It sticks in the mind"old