Daniel Jackson, 17 September 2005: >...The common mispronunciation of key-low-me-ter as kill-om-et-er > is directly a result of the mis-spelling of the word.
This is not true at all -- the spelling metre vs. meter does not affect which syllables are accented. "killAHmeter" is perfectly consistent with many other English words (e.g., hygrometer, odometer, spectrometer, thermometer). Or do you say OHdometer? THERMometer? > How much more simple can it be, or is logic and sense anathema > to the American experience? > The other example is the word tonne. It is much better word the > the ugly expression of 1000 kg as a metric ton. Keep ton to mean > 907 kg and use the tonne to mean 1000 kg. Or are the extra two > letters too complex for most people in the US only to comprehend? Your incessant slamming of Americans is just plain laughable. If Americans are so stupid, how did they go from being a tiny, backwards colony 230 years ago to the world's economic and military powerhouse today? Oh, and while saddled with our colloquial measurement system. What is at odds is your view of America and reality of America. And you "Americans are stupid" attitude will only harden the resolve of the anti-metric people. Numerous list members have pointed this out to you; are you ever going to listen? Jim Elwell
