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minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoKilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English. Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter. But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer
minus-squareEmiliaTheHero@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRight, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.
Kilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English.
Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.
But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer
Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”
Yes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.