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How do you pronouve "kilometer"?

KIL'-low-me-ter
1 (6.3%)
KIL'-low-ME'-ter
1 (6.3%)
kih-LAH'-meh-ter
10 (62.5%)
Other
2 (12.5%)
Dern fool furin' measurements!
2 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Voting closed: May 02, 2021, 01:00:27 PM

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Hmmmm ...
« on: April 22, 2021, 12:58:59 PM »
Weathercaster edition --

I was just watching a brief video about a new super typhoon in the Indian Ocean. The narrator seemed to have an American accent (definitely not British or Aussue), but his pronunciation of "kilometer" really threw me for a loop. He pronounced it "KIL'-low-me-ter" once, and "KIL'-low-ME'-ter" a couple of other times.

I have always heard it pronounced "kih-LAH'-meh-ter" -- have I only ever heard it spoken by Brits? How do y'all pronounce it?
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2021, 01:01:08 PM »
Kuh lohm uh tur.
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2021, 01:04:56 PM »
"klick"
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2021, 01:09:27 PM »
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2021, 01:21:46 PM »
Electricity = kill lo meeter

Distance = kull ah mutter


Or something like that.


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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2021, 01:33:22 PM »
While the popular pronunciation seems to be kihlahmeter, in the sciences I have pronounced and heard it as mostly kiloMEter.
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2021, 01:34:16 PM »
"Electricity = kill lo meeter"

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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2021, 01:51:07 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on April 22, 2021, 01:04:56 PM
"klick"

Two quotes from a dude on the bus.  (questions asked to me)

"If I get off at Flamingo Road, how many clicks do you think I'll have to the DMV?"

"Did I mention I'm a Ranger?"

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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2021, 02:26:40 PM »
Quote from: BobR on April 22, 2021, 01:21:46 PM
Electricity = kill lo meeter

Distance = kull ah mutter


Or something like that.


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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2021, 02:41:23 PM »
I pronounce it Mile
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Re: Hmmmm ...
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2021, 02:43:51 PM »
About 5/8 mile.
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