• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    The thing is, while “meter” and “metre” are pronounced the same, when you use them in compound words they’re not. Thermometer or odometer are pronounced with stress on the second syllable (the syllable immediately prior to “meter”), but kilometre and centimetre are pronounced with the stress on the third syllable (“MEtre”).

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      1 year ago

      Kilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English.

      Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

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        1 year ago

        Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

        But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer

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          Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”

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            We’ll continue having fun with american pronunciation on another day. Today, we’re taking care of the imperial(istic?) system

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          Yes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.