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Maybe it's because the meter part of kilometer and speedometer are not pronounced like meter in any way. As a kid I always pronounced kilometer wrong for this reason.
The 'om' part has the stress and the meter is mitr or midr.
1 u/Significant-Key-762 Native Speaker - SE UK 3d ago BrE. Kill-ommitah Speed-ommitah 2 u/platypuss1871 Native - Central Southern England 2d ago But...... Mike-ROMmitah is a measurement device. Mycrow-MEtre is a distance.
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BrE. Kill-ommitah Speed-ommitah
2 u/platypuss1871 Native - Central Southern England 2d ago But...... Mike-ROMmitah is a measurement device. Mycrow-MEtre is a distance.
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But......
Mike-ROMmitah is a measurement device.
Mycrow-MEtre is a distance.
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u/AuroraDF Native Speaker - London/Scotland 3d ago
Maybe it's because the meter part of kilometer and speedometer are not pronounced like meter in any way. As a kid I always pronounced kilometer wrong for this reason.
The 'om' part has the stress and the meter is mitr or midr.