How do you say kilometre?
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Interesting you say that. The Oxford dictionary says you are wrong. The Macquarie lists both but lists ki-LOM-eter second. Mind you, based on experience I would say that about 90% of Aussies agree with you. Still grates though.;P Paul Hooper If you spend your whole life looking over your shoulder, they will get you from the front instead.
[start American redneck] In the US of A, we don't know nothing about "ki-LOM-eters," cuz we use "miles," and usually in the singular instead of in the plural. Such as, fer example, the store down yonder is about 5 mile, and a man stands about 6 foot, and a man's pickup truck ought to have at least 450 cubic inch, and when we goes fishin', he shouldn't bring home anything less than 12 pound. [end American redneck] Dave The worst thing about ignorance is that people don't know they've got it. - Anonymous, I guess.
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[start American redneck] In the US of A, we don't know nothing about "ki-LOM-eters," cuz we use "miles," and usually in the singular instead of in the plural. Such as, fer example, the store down yonder is about 5 mile, and a man stands about 6 foot, and a man's pickup truck ought to have at least 450 cubic inch, and when we goes fishin', he shouldn't bring home anything less than 12 pound. [end American redneck] Dave The worst thing about ignorance is that people don't know they've got it. - Anonymous, I guess.
It doesn't ease calculation ! For example, how do U calculate the surface of a rectangle which is 3 foot and 2 inch long and 2 foot and 1 inch wide ? And for the volume based on this surface which is 4 foot and 4 inch high ? :confused: ------------------------------------ Ash to ash, and clay to clay, If the enemy doesn't get you Your own folk may ------------------------------------
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It doesn't ease calculation ! For example, how do U calculate the surface of a rectangle which is 3 foot and 2 inch long and 2 foot and 1 inch wide ? And for the volume based on this surface which is 4 foot and 4 inch high ? :confused: ------------------------------------ Ash to ash, and clay to clay, If the enemy doesn't get you Your own folk may ------------------------------------
Karl wrote: It doesn't ease calculation ! You are absolutely right. In fact it complicates things. Imagine all of our schools teaching young people how to convert inches into feet, or feet into inches, so that the units are all the same. That was a staple of my education ... make the units the same. [start American redneck] But what do you need to know all that for? If you can put it in a 5 gallon bucket, then you got about 5 gallon. You don't need to know no more than that. [end American redneck] The worst thing about ignorance is that people don't know they've got it. - Anonymous, I guess.
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As a serious reply, language doesn't always follow nice simple rules. For example, why does the UK pronounce lieutenant as the totally bizarre (to me) "lifftenant"? No reason really, that's just how it is. --Mike-- Rollin' in my 5.0 With the rag-top down so my hair can blow. My really out-of-date homepage Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.
Here's another word that, according to my girlfriend, the Brits also pronounce totally weird: SCHEDULE According to her, they say it: "shedule" (the c is silent), whereas I've always heard it as "skedule" here in the US. I know Americans do the right way :-), but I find it hard to believe it Brits pronounce it like she says. Regards, Alvaro A priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, a joke?"
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****Colin Davies wrote: After a bit of research it appears Lef-tenant usage appears restricted to the Air forces of the Commonwealth. Possibly the "F" was inserted for "flight" as they are designated as flight-lieutenents Not as I know it - my father was in the Army for 22 years and my uncles in the RAF for the same sort of time, I currently work daily with the various branches of the MoD. "Lef-tenant" to all branches of the military and even non-military... Regards, Ray
Ray Hayes wrote: Not as I know it - my father was in the Army for 22 years and my uncles in the RAF for the same sort of time, I currently work daily with the various branches of the MoD. "Lef-tenant" to all branches of the military and even non-military... Well you should know better than me then. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Here's another word that, according to my girlfriend, the Brits also pronounce totally weird: SCHEDULE According to her, they say it: "shedule" (the c is silent), whereas I've always heard it as "skedule" here in the US. I know Americans do the right way :-), but I find it hard to believe it Brits pronounce it like she says. Regards, Alvaro A priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, a joke?"
Alvaro Mendez wrote: According to her, they say it: "shedule" (the c is silent), She's correct. --Mike-- Rollin' in my 5.0 With the rag-top down so my hair can blow. My really out-of-date homepage Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.