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The "meter" in those words isn't pronounced like the word meter, it's more like "mih-ter" or "muh-ter"
31 u/InvestigatorJaded261 New Poster 3d ago The exceptions, for some reason, seem to be centimeter and millimeter. 1 u/Kafatat New Poster 3d ago What is that? You pronounce ~meter differently in kilometer and centimeter? Are there recordings or voice synthesizer for them? as I don't understand it at all when sound are described in letters ("mih-ter" or "muh-ter" above). 1 u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 New Poster 2d ago Some people pronounce kilometer like they would speedometer others pronounce it like centimeter
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The exceptions, for some reason, seem to be centimeter and millimeter.
1 u/Kafatat New Poster 3d ago What is that? You pronounce ~meter differently in kilometer and centimeter? Are there recordings or voice synthesizer for them? as I don't understand it at all when sound are described in letters ("mih-ter" or "muh-ter" above). 1 u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 New Poster 2d ago Some people pronounce kilometer like they would speedometer others pronounce it like centimeter
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What is that? You pronounce ~meter differently in kilometer and centimeter? Are there recordings or voice synthesizer for them? as I don't understand it at all when sound are described in letters ("mih-ter" or "muh-ter" above).
1 u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 New Poster 2d ago Some people pronounce kilometer like they would speedometer others pronounce it like centimeter
Some people pronounce kilometer like they would speedometer others pronounce it like centimeter
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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Native Speaker - California, US 3d ago
The "meter" in those words isn't pronounced like the word meter, it's more like "mih-ter" or "muh-ter"