If the base word was " Ometer ", then saying " Kil-Ometer " would make sense, but since the base is metre the split should be before that " Kilo-Metre ".
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It seems a reasonable conjecture that its pronunciation was influenced by the various measuring devices whos names also end in-ometer, typically having with the O accented ( thermometer, speedometer, etc . ).
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:I suspect we have a run-of-the-mill difference of opinion here, mixed with a failed AGF-ometer, because what Dr Chrissy proposes instead looks SYNTH / OR-ish from here.
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"Maybe we'll have a pucker-ometer here pretty soon that will help us gauge our candidates, " said Dayton Duncan, who was press secretary to Gov . Michael Dukakis during his 1988 presidential campaign.
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Over the years, the term arithmometer or parts of it have been used on many different machines like Odhner's arithmometer, the " Arith " maurel or the Compt " ometer ", and on some portable pocket calculating machines of the 1940s.
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Sanchez models supersexy outfits, but, you'll read, what really sends the hot-ometer through the ceiling is " a deep sense of self, " based on such things as embracing your roots, finding your faith and breaking free of your overly protective familia.
