Talk:Kilometre
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According to Google, kilometer is 5 times more common than kilometre. Is there an official standard for the spelling in English?
One is the British spelling, (-tre) the other is the American spelling (-ter). Like Centre vs Center, Colour vs Color, etc.
So then, what's the standard spelling for Wikipedia? I've always assumed that it's American English, since there are more Americans and the site is based in America and whatnot. However, why are bot users going around and changing everything to English English spelling? Is there any justification for that besides the pain that English people have without their beloved colours and centres and whatnot? I'd like to know what the Wiki standard is before these changes go any further. Or farther. Or whatever. --Carl 04:14, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Usage_and_spelling) is the policy you are after. For as long as you Americans keep the silly Imperial units, you have to live with our way of spelling SI units. :-) — Danc 14:17, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
slang term "k's" ?
I've often heard people (and myself) use "K's" (pronounced 'kays') as a slang term for kilometres. ie "Town is 20 k's down the road" . Do people think this warrants adding as a slang term along with clicks (which I've only seen used by US soldiers in books or movies)? - SimonLyall 00:47, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- It is only spelled or also written. IMHO non useful, to me is not enciclopedicAnyFile 21:55, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Hi, sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by "only spelled or also written". Saying "kays" is very common in speech and does crop up in writing. Have a look at these google searches: [1] (http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22kays+down+the+road%22&btnG=Search) , [2] (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=+%22a+few+more+kays%22&btnG=Search) , [3] (http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=+%22few+more+ks%22&btnG=Search) . SimonLyall 22:59, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- I was asking if it is used in writing AnyFile 20:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Yes it is, see the google links. Some of the usage are in articles rather than just quotes from diologue. Authors are from Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. Kays is a normal term in english speaking metric countries. SimonLyall 02:09, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- In Oz, merely "K" is also used. "The town is 20 kay down the down"
- Yes it is, see the google links. Some of the usage are in articles rather than just quotes from diologue. Authors are from Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. Kays is a normal term in english speaking metric countries. SimonLyall 02:09, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- I was asking if it is used in writing AnyFile 20:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Hi, sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by "only spelled or also written". Saying "kays" is very common in speech and does crop up in writing. Have a look at these google searches: [1] (http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22kays+down+the+road%22&btnG=Search) , [2] (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=+%22a+few+more+kays%22&btnG=Search) , [3] (http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=+%22few+more+ks%22&btnG=Search) . SimonLyall 22:59, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Klicks is also used by civilians in Canada, where road signs and speedometers use kilometers. I don't think they use "K's". -- Curps 02:00, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Are the terms "k" and "klick" used in any other languages? In Finland, people would look at me funny if I tried to use them. They wouldn't have a clue what I was on about. Finnish uses "kilo" as shorthand for the kilogram and "kilsa" for the kilometre. — JIP | Talk 05:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Pronunciation
I pronounce "kilometre" with the stress on the first syllable, and so do a significant minority (though admittedly it is a minority) of people I know. Is there a prescribed "correct" pronunciation? The section about this in the article itself seems to brook no dissent! Loganberry 23:47, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
