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I say potato, you say Solanum tuberosum
2010-02-04, 5:30 PM #1
Quick question on how y'all pronounce Centimeter.

For some reason, some no good pinko comies around here say "Sontameter" or "Sonameter", while the red-blooded, apple-pie eating patriots I know say "centameter/centimeter".

Which are you?
2010-02-04, 5:32 PM #2
cent - e - meter
though when I say it fast the e does sound somewhat like ah
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-02-04, 5:36 PM #3
cent - a - meter
2010-02-04, 5:42 PM #4
sent-ə-meeter
Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse?
2010-02-04, 6:03 PM #5
Originally posted by Deadman:
cent - e - meter
though when I say it fast the e does sound somewhat like ah

Dot.
nope.
2010-02-04, 6:07 PM #6
cen-tomato
I'm just a little boy.
2010-02-04, 6:15 PM #7
Inch.
2010-02-04, 6:31 PM #8
Originally posted by TheCarpKing:
sent-ə-meeter


Precisely.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2010-02-04, 6:36 PM #9
How is sontameter even close to being right? Who would do that?
Warhead[97]
2010-02-04, 6:37 PM #10
Probably the French.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2010-02-04, 6:38 PM #11
Mmm, didn't think of them. That might makes sense.
Warhead[97]
2010-02-04, 7:11 PM #12
goddamn communists
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2010-02-04, 8:16 PM #13
Cent-a-meter, but only because I say the i fast. Definitely nothing like sontameter or whatever.
2010-02-04, 8:28 PM #14
Quote:
Solanum tuberosum


These aren't even words.:carl:
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2010-02-04, 8:33 PM #15
Originally posted by Tracer:
Solanum tuberosum
These aren't even words.:carl:


Welll.....

Originally posted by Wikipedia:
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades).
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-02-04, 8:34 PM #16
cen-uh-mead-ur, said fast.

cen-ti-meat-ur, if I'm trying to figure out how I pronounce it and forget to say it fast enough.

2010-02-04, 8:35 PM #17
You don't pronounce the T in cent?
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-02-04, 8:49 PM #18
Yeah nice comeback. "Oh, I saw it on the internet so it must be true! I'm the happy man from happy land!":argh:
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2010-02-04, 8:49 PM #19
...Duh?
Centimeter!
2010-02-04, 9:00 PM #20
sennymeedurh
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2010-02-04, 9:34 PM #21
You say tomato, I masturbate in a movie theater.
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2010-02-05, 4:22 AM #22
Cent - ee - meter

Cent --> because it's supposed to be (1 / 100) of a
Meter --> well, meters

the i is pronounced as the 'ee' in freedom.

BTW: How do you call a person who has just talked to santaclaus? :awesome:
2010-02-05, 4:27 AM #23
I say it more like

cen-ta-meter
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2010-02-05, 4:39 AM #24
Originally posted by Deadman:
You don't pronounce the T in cent?

They're american, ofcourse they dont. :confused:
nope.
2010-02-05, 4:56 AM #25
"ten mil"
2010-02-05, 7:12 AM #26
Originally posted by Baconfish:
They're american, ofcourse they dont. :confused:


It's one of those things that fades away the faster I say it.
Warhead[97]
2010-02-05, 7:21 AM #27
Originally posted by Martyn:
"ten mil"


MILLIMETRES FOR EVERYTHING

THAT IS THE WAY OF THE ENGINEER

Except when you use some **** like lb/f because you're using equipment from the forties.
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2010-02-05, 7:24 AM #28
I've got drawings for the set-out of MOT equipment from Italy and it's all in cm. It's random as hell.
2010-02-05, 7:39 AM #29
Originally posted by - Tony -:
MILLIMETRES FOR EVERYTHING

THAT IS THE WAY OF THE ENGINEER

Except when you use some **** like lb/f because you're using equipment from the forties.


The contracts I'm working on are all in english units :(
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2010-02-05, 8:03 AM #30
They're not English any more! Us English use French measurements! :eng101:
2010-02-05, 9:50 AM #31
For some bizarre reason, some of those in the medical profession pronounce it "sontameter". I always thought it was supposed to be a foppish french thing, but when I asked some people who spoke French (albeit they were either from Canada or the Caribbean) they said they pronounced it like everyone else did.

It's an accepted pronunciation, or at least Webster's dictionary says so (second pronunciation). It pisses the hell outta me, because I cannot fathom why they would try and say it differently, apart from just trying to be different. It's not like anyone can confuse the word with anything else.
2010-02-05, 12:01 PM #32
Zentimeter! Die einzig wahre Art es auszusprechen!
Sorry for the lousy German
2010-02-06, 11:06 AM #33
The Metric system does not exist.
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2010-02-06, 11:09 AM #34
Originally posted by Darkjedibob:
The contracts I'm working on are all in english units :(

:suicide:

Why is it that you can't find SAE bolts past grade 8 hardness? Anything higher has to be metric. Is it just assumed that anyone doing serious enough work to need something that strong is using metric anyway?
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2010-02-06, 1:04 PM #35
I rest my case.

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2010-02-07, 9:05 PM #36
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
Probably the French.


Lol, nah dude, it's Centimètre in french. :P

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