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At 20:58 14/11/98 -0600, oliver wendell holmes wrote:
(actually Paul Johnson?)
I do have a problem with micro. It was very easy for me as a student to
differentiate between a micron (a millionth of a meter) and a micrometer
(an instrument for measuring sizes accurately). Now we ask our students
to differentiate between a micrometer and a micrometer.
We don't pronounce kilogram with the accent on log or
kilopascal with the accent on lop. Why don't people pronounce kilometer
with the accent on kil?