• Stovetop
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    11 months ago

    Kilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English.

    Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

    • Zagorath
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      111 months ago

      Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

      But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          We’ll continue having fun with american pronunciation on another day. Today, we’re taking care of the imperial(istic?) system