I like to do that with a lot of the o’meters, just for fun.
Acceler-o-meter and seis-o-meter are my favorite. Weirdly least fun: kil-o-meter.
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ptz@dubvee.org 6 months ago
When I was in elementary school, one of my classmates pronounced it “thermo meter” and I had to watch the science teacher struggle for a good 30 seconds to decide if he was going to correct him or not.
I like to do that with a lot of the o’meters, just for fun.
Acceler-o-meter and seis-o-meter are my favorite. Weirdly least fun: kil-o-meter.
Pedometer is my favorite of these. How many pedo’s ya get in today?
Isn’t it usually the other way around? Pedos getting in…. You know what, never mind.
and what the teacher did?
Corrected him. lol.
bstix@feddit.dk 6 months ago
For anyone confused.
Most other languages do call it a thermo meter or similar. People who are not native English speakers will pronounce it wrongly when speaking English, because the word is the same - it’s just pronounced weirdly in both British and American English. The British and American pronunciations are not exactly the same on this, but they’re both
wrongdifferent from any other languages, except Greek.The English pronunciation is caused by English inheriting the Greek way of stressing the third last syllable on words of Greek origin. It makes no sense in my mind why they do it on compound words though. Meter is not Greek. It’s English, so they could’ve chosen differently, but they obviously chose the most annoying way to pronounce it.
There’s a few other words like that, but I don’t remember which…
Rubanski@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I think we should start pronouncing molecules or particles like Hercules, just to be consistent
bstix@feddit.dk 6 months ago
Now, you’re just wrecking my mind.
Slovene@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Just as long they don’t wreck your testicles.
wewbull@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Mole-cue-leez?
Gabu@lemmy.world 6 months ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLwkS9RlQ4
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Thermo meter Thermometer
Me: They are the same picture
Seriously though i did not understand which one I am pronouncing. I would usually read thermo meter and thermometer the same. When I try to differentiate by trying to make it sound together, or by trying to make more detatched, i just can’t and end up pronouncing the same
bstix@feddit.dk 6 months ago
Ok. In English it’s pronounced third-MOM-meet-her.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwofs_IPmY
h3rm17@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
In Spanish as well. Ter-MO-metro
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Thanks I guess i’ll stick to thermo meter lol
Ageroth@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Pedometer is the first one that comes to mind for me.
bstix@feddit.dk 6 months ago
I don’t even want to know how that’s pronounced correctly. It’s obviously two words. Foot and meter. Wtf is a Dom?
Circumference is pretty bad too.
Ageroth@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I think it’s the same as ther-MOM-iter. Pe-DOM-iter
flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Haha thanks! I was totally lost xD
oce@jlai.lu 6 months ago
Do you mean the pronunciation is not Greek?
bstix@feddit.dk 6 months ago
Both thermo and meter are from Greek, but the combination didn’t exist until the 17th century
oce@jlai.lu 6 months ago
What you wrote before is confusing then.