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Originally Posted by Geoff45
The point here is that almost all English words ending in “ometer” have the stress on the “OM” (maybe we are all closet yogis): speedOMeter, hygrOMeter, thermOMeter, tacHOMeter etc, etc, so kilometre follows the same pattern (even if it ends in -re rather than -er. It’s the pronunciation that counts here)
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I had both a Physics professor and Organic Chem professor pronounce it as thermo-meter (like thermo-couple etc) . The difference comes in for unit of measure (kilometer, centimeter etc) vs a measuring device. (I do use the French spelling for kilometer and such but can’t be bothered correcting autocorrect). The French pronounce it kilo-meter also, and they inventing the units
Maybe not Marc, but hey, it’s Marc.
I guess horses for courses. Every single pilot I ever trained or met that called an altimeter an “Altim-eter” got an eyebrow curl ( or one that called it a “plane” got a WTFAYAC - although I have never met an aviator worth his salt that called it a plane)