is it true that a Scottish mile is longer than an Irish mile and a Spanish mile longer than an English one?

Answer 1

A Scottish mile is the same length as The Royal Mile, a name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of Edinburgh's Old Town, about 1807 meters. An Irish mile is smiling at 2,048 meters long while an English mile isn't at 1,609 meters. A Spanish mile rolls out to 1392 meters. In conclusion, the Scottish mile isn't longer than the Irish mile and neither is a Spanish mile longer than an English one. The Eire beats 'em all.

Answer 2

A mile is 1760 yards. There are other miles however as follows:-

Other miles
The Roman mile, milea passuum, equalled 1000 paces (passus) of five Roman feet (pes) each. Its length was 5,000 Roman feet, which is almost exactly 1500 m.
The mil (or Swedish mile, currently used in Norway and Sweden) has been defined as 10 kilometres from 1 January 1889, when a metric system was introduced in Sweden. The pre-metric mil (in earlier times rast) was about 11.3 kilometres in Norway (see Long Mile below) and 10.68854 kilometres in Sweden, representing a suitable distance between rests when walking. In informal and non-precise situations involving longer distances of several kilometres, the mil is, as a rule, used instead of the kilometre. It is also used commonly for measuring vehicle fuel consumption; litres per mil means litres consumed per 10 kilmetres [1].
The Danish mile (Danish mil) was equal to 7,532 metres (or 24,000 danish feet or 12,000 alen).
The Data mile is used in radar-related subjects and is equal to 6,000 feet (1.8288 kilometres).
The Dutch mile (the "Hollandic" mile) was nearly the 19th part of a degree (~5.8 kilometres).
The Dutch mile (or "Netherlandic" mile) was exactly 1 kilometre in the Dutch Metric System 1820-1870.
The German mile was reckoned to be the 15th part of a degree (and thus about four nautical miles in length or 6.4 kilometres).
The Irish mile was equal to 2,240 yards (2,048.256 m).
The Italian mile also called the Roman mile (~1.52 kilometres or 0.944 statute miles) was a thousand paces of 5 Roman feet each (the Roman foot being one fifth of an inch less than the London foot).
The term Metric mile is used in sports such as athletics and speedskating, to denote a distance of 1.5 kilometres.
The Polish mile was nearly equal to the Dutch mile.
The Scottish mile was equal to 1,976.5 yards (1,807.3116 m).
The Long mile, traditionally used by the Norwegians, Swedes and Hungarians, was about a German mile and a half or around 11 kilometres.
The Finnish corresponding unit, virsta, was 1068.8 m. Ten virsta made one peninkulma (literally "hound's hearing", a distance a dog's bark can be heard in still air), 10.688 km. Today peninkulma refers to 10 km in Finnish colloquial usage (compare mil in Norwegian and Swedish usage).
The swimmer's mile is 1500 meters or 30 laps in a 25 meter pool. This (roughly) converts to 1650 yards in a 25 yard pool (33 laps), the standard distance for intercollegiate competition in the United States.

Answer 3

In "Journey to the center of the earth" Jules Verne...an Icelandic mile is longer than an english mile...don't know about other "miles".

Answer 4

Yip the further north you go the longer the mile. At least it seems like it.

Answer 5

Don't know - what about a country mile?

Answer 6

No. But it is true that a man's inch is 50% longer than a woman's.

Answer 7

by a mile mate,by a mile