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

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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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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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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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It is because of accent difference in in uk/US we have different spelling color , colour
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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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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). Mind you, we tend to mix them up a lot! read less
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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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The word metre denotes measurement of length. Perimeter denotes the boundary. The word metre is derived from the French language.
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In English language a Metre is a measure of length and meter is used for a device e.g. tachometer, barometer, chronometer etc. The boundary wall of whatever the geometry is a perimeter. Canadians, Americans or for that matter Indian must use the correct spellings as explained.
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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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