Joe: Brian was not disagreeing with Norman's point about the pronunciation of kilometer.
He simply disagreed with Norman's inclusion of that in his letter, as it was irrelevant to and a serious distraction from the main point Norman was trying to make. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid >Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:43 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26263] Re: Fw: 6.2 miles is not 10 km > > >Brian J. White wrote in USMA 26259: > >>Good letter until you get into the pronunciation nonsense. > > >He was refering to the statement by Norman Werling who wrote in USMA 26248: >>> >>>English speakers mispronounce kilo-meter as kil-ahm-e-ter >>>mistakenly following the example of mechanical or electrical >>>devices such as speedometers. Nobody mispronounces kilo-grams, >>>micro-grams, milli-liters, mega-bytes, or nano-seconds. > > >I agree with Norman, but it is not a question of CGPM concern, it is >a matter of good English. English, in common with other North >European languages, pronounces the metric prefixes as if they are >separate words from the base units. How does Brian pronounce >kilocycle, kilogram, kilolitre, kilowatt, etc? , >-- >Joseph B. Reid >17 Glebe Road West >Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 >
