Amen James.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
James Frysinger
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 10:44 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53571] Re: No Accent on lom in kilometer!
Gene,
This argument seems to arise
Jim (Frysinger),
The point I would like to emphasize is that SI Multiples (and submultiples)
are formed by a Prefix plus a Coherent SI Unit.
Accent on lom in kilo-meter to form lom- eter diminishes this concept of
prefix + unit to form a Multiple.
What should we *teach* the next generation to
Equally telling:
No one says mil-LI-meter, cen-TI-meter; therefore, kil-AH-meter is
equally wrong. All have the accent on the first syllable with meter
pronounced properly.
Carleton
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Sorry, but no. Stress as pronounced is described by phonological rules in
the deep structure of a language, if the word is regular. English is
notoriously full of exceptions, irregular words.Try writing some Miltonic
blank verse.
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On 2/18/14 12:05 PM, Carleton MacDonald
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 17:21:33 Patrick Moore wrote:
Sorry, but no. Stress as pronounced is described by phonological rules in
the deep structure of a language, if the word is regular. English is
notoriously full of exceptions, irregular words.Try writing some Miltonic
blank verse.
Waste of time thread here. Move along.
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From: Carleton MacDonald carlet...@comcast.net
Sent: 2/18/2014 9:11
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:53577] Re: No Accent on lom in kilometer!
Equally telling:
No one says mil-LI-meter,
I've been to a couple doctors recently and even asked about this at my last
visit.
At a visit a few months back for a work physical, I assumed they would just
measure whatever they wanted, so I was caught off-guard when they asked me
my height. I just reported it in meters and the fellow
