On 15 Oct 2000, at 12:40, Dennis Brownridge wrote:
> the aberrant American pronunciation. Since it was first noted in Webster's
> dictionary of the 1820s, it could not have come from Spanish or Mexican or
> Italian influence, since those countries did not metricate until the 1860s.
Italy metricate well before 1860
> "kil-LOG-rums" for kg and "kil-OW-whats" for kW, he said that kilometer was
> "an exception." When she asked him why it was an exception, or who decided
Even in italian Km (and _all_ meter derivate) are pronounce with
accent on second syllabe, while _all_ other composed word have
two accent (Main one on third syllabe, secondary on first).
Leonardo Boselli (NIT)
Dipartimento Ingegneria Civile
Universita` di Firenze
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I-50139 Firenze
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