It's not never used here, but it isn't used here often. I'd fathom that more people know how many days are in a fortnight than how many miles are in a league, and a few more might know that it's a measurement of time. It's not used in casual conversation, it would be seen as perhaps affected, archaic, or pretentious to use it often.
Thinking about it, I'd also say that among what some folks call the mundane, it's less used, while I'd bet that most of my American f'list people would know what it means, and even use it without being pretentious, because they read a lot, and read a wide variety of stuff, and that sort of language has a way of seeping in.
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Date: 2007-08-29 02:36 pm (UTC)Thinking about it, I'd also say that among what some folks call the mundane, it's less used, while I'd bet that most of my American f'list people would know what it means, and even use it without being pretentious, because they read a lot, and read a wide variety of stuff, and that sort of language has a way of seeping in.