Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT Meaning of Meter Suffix 1 Decides Pronunciation 1 By Br FRANK FR iK COLBY Here are the reasons why kilometer kilometer kilometer kilo kilo- meter Is correctly pronounced ter IEE and not ot kill OM eter There are two meters in English English English Eng Eng- lish lAn instrument for tor meas meas- measurIng measuring wring 2 a measure of length inches in the United States Meter is used as a suffix to form two groups of at words 1 Words d designating instruments for measuring measuring measuring meas meas- 2 words designating units of such as I. I I Instruments Units of Measure l altimeter centimeter barometer decameter chronometer decimeter hydrometer hectometer speedometer millimeter thermometer kilometer Now we ve see that all aU left-hand left or instrument words are accented on the second syllable on only as speed speed- OM Ol The words m n the right- right hand or unit of ot measure group are accented on the first and third syllables syllables syllables syl syl- syl- syl as ME l Now it is plain that kilometer as a unit of ot measure must obey the law which governs the accent of the right hand words KILLoh MEE UE To show how inflexible the rule is let us consider the word mi ml- It has two meanings and two pronunciations 1 l instrument for measuring J 1 t distances pronounced my eter 1 2 a unit o of measure millionth of ot a meter I MEE t r. r There is no such I kilometer OM eter OM eter kilometer is the European tp J lent to the mile mUe It measure t ti ly five-eighths five of ot our mile of C feet feeL Be sure to say BaY Kill MEE l My fr free 1 pc V n rt flu flee th the troublesome N Nas' Nas lar aj- aj t sank k Bunk Jt i see f i took k taken taken Correct Cornett w Nth h errea iW I t Bf seen n n. n I taken t I done fie eta te P It stamped self eIf nr lcj t tt tie I r rW Colby Jn In care or Th Tho T e Ins U W pamphlet n tt CopyrIght 1946 g. g Bell |