I wrote:
> I don't know which ones you are using, but Webster's New Universal
> Unabridged and the American Heritage Dictionary both put
> KILometer first. My
> 1962 Funk and Wagnall's Britannica World Language Dictionary also puts the
> correct pronunciation first.
>
> The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, on the other hand, gives the wrong
> pronunciation first.
>
> To its enormous discredit, the Oxford American Dictionary gives only
> kilOMeter.
Just as a follow-up, the American Heritage Talking Dictionary on CD-ROM
contradicts the book version. It gives both pronunciations in the text,
wrong one first. The spoken pronunciation is, unfortunately, the wrong one.
Sadly, I suspect that many younger people, these days, regard their PC-based
talking dictionaries as the authoritative sources.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
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