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Why do Canadians write metre (as in a measurement)instead of meter, but write perimeter not perimetre?

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"meter' is American spelling whereas "metre" is British spelling. In India we follow British spelling
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Canadians follow the British spelling - Metre and Americans follow - Meter
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perimeter=4*s;
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We can use both meter and metre. We can use meter when we refer to any device that measures something (such as gas meter, parking meter, speedometer, and voltmeter) or to a particular measurement (such as diameter and perimeter). We can use metre when we refer to a unit of distance (such as in micrometre,...
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We can use both meter and metre. We can use meter when we refer to any device that measures something (such as gas meter, parking meter, speedometer, and voltmeter) or to a particular measurement (such as diameter and perimeter). We can use metre when we refer to a unit of distance (such as in micrometre, millimetre, metre, and kilometre). That is, as a general rule of thumb, we use meter if referring to a device that does the actual measuring or to the name of a particular measurement, and we use metre if the unit and the subject is related in any way to the metric system — more formally known as the International System of Units (SI). For example, We might use an odometer to measure a perimeter, but we would choose to do so in millimetres, metres, or kilometres. read less
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There is basic difference between uk english and american english. It is spell differently cause canadian follows american english rules but for soe words only like coloris in Amr. English and colour in Brit. English another example-Amr.-program and Brit- programme...
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In metric measurement "metre" is the British English and the French spelling (you see, we do like the French), obviously the Canadians like the French too. Meter is just the American English spelling. In British English we make a distinction between a "metre" as in a unit of metric measurement (kilometre...
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In metric measurement "metre" is the British English and the French spelling (you see, we do like the French), obviously the Canadians like the French too. Meter is just the American English spelling. In British English we make a distinction between a "metre" as in a unit of metric measurement (kilometre etc) and a "meter" is a tool or device for measuring quantity (water meter, etc). read less
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Perimeter pertains to a measurement like area but it is not a scale of measurement by itself like meter. Hence it need not be expressed as perimetre.
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metre is British English; meter is American English.
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It is because of accent difference in in uk/US we have different spelling color , colour
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