At 21:07 2003-09-02 -0400, Norman & Nancy Werling wrote:
My point was that the guest, whom I believe was an English-speaking Afghan, felt compelled to avoid using the word 'kilometers' on American TV and changed his spoken word to 'miles' after actually pronouncing the first two syllables 'kilo---'. I firmly believe that Mr. Albali, the guest, was about to pronounce the word as ki'lometers, not kill-ah'-muters before he changed it to miles.
I can't help but wonder if the distance of 190, which is what he said, was really kilometers or if he then did a quick mathmetical conversion to miles. It seems to me that he just felt compelled to change the word for American TVand would not have had the time to recalulate the number because the change of words was instantaneous.
Norm
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 20:06 Subject: [USMA:26799] Re: Lehrer News Hour
> Are we really that concerned about pronunciation guys? > Come on. > > I'm happy if they use kilometer at all...I could care less how they > pronounce it. > > At 16:57 2003-09-02 -0700, John Woelflein wrote: > >NPR's "Style Guide" also gives the "kil-ah'-mu-tur" pronunciation. > >Whoever is in charge at NPR isn't in the mood to listen about metric right > >now. > >They may give you lip service but little else. > > > > > >John Woelflein > >
