Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down13
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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoKilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English. Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter. But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.
minus-squareEmiliaTheHero@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRight, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”
Kilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English.
Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.
But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer
Yes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.
Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”