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Thread ID: 128474 2012-12-22 04:37:00 Another pet hate to get you going! Richard (739) PC World Chat
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1319700 2012-12-22 04:37:00 Why do people keep mispronouncing the word 'kilometre' by putting an 'om' in the middle of it. The correct pronunciation is 'kill-o-meeta'.

Try to remember this.
Richard (739)
1319701 2012-12-22 04:58:00 Is that the worst example you could think of? Driftwood (5551)
1319702 2012-12-22 05:04:00 Yep. Can't be too controversial with Christmas nearly here. :) Richard (739)
1319703 2012-12-22 05:07:00 Havent you got anything else to do? Driftwood (5551)
1319704 2012-12-22 05:08:00 Who says thats collect some might say ki-lom-e-ter is correct. Iantech (16386)
1319705 2012-12-22 05:09:00 Gee how many have you had



Who says thats collect some might say ki-lom-e-ter is correct.
Driftwood (5551)
1319706 2012-12-22 05:14:00 Maybe they're saying the American version?

Time for you to correct wikipedia.

There are two common pronunciations for the word:

/ˈkɪlɵmiːtər/ KIL-o-mee-tər and
/kɨˈlɒmɨtər/ ki-LOM-i-tər
the_bogan (9949)
1319707 2012-12-22 05:33:00 Ki-LOM-i-tar is a simple abbreviation for "I haven't got a clue what I'm saying, but you must defend my absolute right to say it". R2x1 (4628)
1319708 2012-12-22 05:43:00 Are ewe sure it is knot key-low-meter? Zippity (58)
1319709 2012-12-22 05:58:00 Never had this problem when we used miles. Driftwood (5551)
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