why not KILL-OH-MEE-TER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnathan McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:04 AM Subject: [USMA:22416] Re: Pronunciation
> Well it seems to vary from unit to unit. > > I say kill-ahm-it-tur, but kill-oh-(sometimes keel-oh-)byte > > And standardizing across dialects? You may as well hope to introduce > Esperanto as the official language. > > Johnathan McClure > --Reminding you that this is Metric Month-- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:18 PM > Subject: [USMA:22413] Pronunciation > > > > About Bush's use of kilometers in his speech to the UN, Carleton wrote: > > >I wonder how he pronounced it. > > > > He pronounced it the way that the USMA website says to: KILL-oh-meet-ur. > He > > mispronounced "nuclear" though. > > > > About the pronunciation of "kilometer", I've been trying to say it the way > > the website says, but it sounds a little weird to most people (including > me, > > sometimes). I think most people in the U.S. would probably say it the > other > > way (because that's how they have heard it). A Canadian I know also says > > that most people say kill-AHM-it-ur in Canada. A Namibian, though, says > > they say it KILL-oh-meet-ur. > > > > Is it going to get standardized? What do people say in other countries? > I > > bet that when the UK finally changes their road signs, they will use it a > > lot more and that will help standardize a pronunciation (since they have > as > > many people as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia put together). In my > > view, I am just happy to hear people use it, so I don't make a big deal > > about it (and I do hear it occasionally). > > > > Carl > > >
