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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Usage described, not defined #102114 05/01/03 01:08 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb OP Pooh-Bah OP dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK clink of a link Yes that's good. I was thinking of 'chink' as being a sound, but clink is less ambiguous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: googlometer #102115 05/01/03 05:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Shouldn't that have been google-ometer? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: googlometer #102116 05/01/03 05:18 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 google-ometer? A quick search of AWADtalk shows 5 posts with googlometer, all mine and 3 posts with google-ometer, all tsuwm's, in the last 6 months. This is excluding your post, Jackie, asking the question. Googlometer and google-ometer both score a good solid zero on the googlometer; googleometer (with no hyphen) scores a minuscule 3mT. It is my opinion that the hyphen is unnecessary in this context and that including the e only causes confusion, leading to expectation of the pronunciation googlyometer and the notion that it somehow is a device for measuring the curve of a bowled cricket ball. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: googlometer #102117 05/01/03 05:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ..whereas and furthermoreover googlometer suggests the pronunciation GOO-glow-meter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: googlometer #102118 05/01/03 05:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 GOO-glow-meter Like OH-doh-meter, KILL-oh-meter or PAIR-eye-meter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Not one to intrude but #102119 05/01/03 06:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I think Brits say KILL-oh-meter (awaiting verification). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not one to intrude but #102120 05/02/03 03:21 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta kill-O-mitter (O as in hot) Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not one to intrude but #102121 05/02/03 07:14 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb OP Pooh-Bah OP dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Most Brits still say 'mile'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not one to intrude but #102122 05/02/03 11:32 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 It's supposed* to be KILL-oh-metre. It's KILL-o everything else (KILL-o-gram, KILL-o-joule, KILL-o-watt), and the stress pattern is the same for the other prefixed units (CEN-ti-metre, MIL-li-metre, etc.). When I hear kill-AW-metre, I feel like yelling "cen-TIM-etre! mil-LIM-etre! kill-AW-gram!" at the TV. But that's just a personal pet peeve. Looks like the mass media (mostly USn) will change the pronunciation of this one until it becomes the accepted one, over time. Future generations will wonder about this anomaly when saying the names of SI units. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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