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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 08:39 PM
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Poll question: How do you pronounce this metric measurement?
Kilometer - about 0.6 of a statute mile.
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boxster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 08:43 PM
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1. Either is appropriate.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 08:44 PM
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2. Har! I was glad to see "click" as a choice
That's what we always said when I was stationed in Europe.
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WMliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 02:03 PM
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7. i thought click was
a thousand yards, not a kilometer.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 08:46 PM
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3. Neither. It's a "Click."
Edited on Fri Jun-04-04 08:48 PM by DemoTex
As in: "Eltee, take your troops two clicks down that trail and probe for enemy fire."

On edit: Oh hell! I missed click as a choice. Nevermind.
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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 08:48 PM
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4. Here in Oz we say...
Kil'-o--mee-ter (s), click (s), and kay (s). And last week for my new job I did walk a grand total of 50 clicks in two days. LOL
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Leprechan29 Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:23 PM
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5. Click?
I had forgotten about that - I guess now I've got another word to force myself to use (as opposed to kilometer)
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todwest Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:37 PM
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6. How Do You Pronounce...
...superfluous?
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-04 03:22 PM
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8. And your next question is:
how do you spell it - kilometer, or kilometre? ;-)
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