Do Americans say kilometers?

Do Americans say kilometers? Psh. Almost never! Seriously, it's like pulling teeth trying to get an American to talk kilometers. We're so wedded to miles, it's ridiculous! I mean, why are we like this? It's miles, miles, miles, all day long.

I guess maybe, maybe, if you're talking to a scientist or someone who works with the metric system regularly, you might hear "kilometer." But like, if you're asking for directions to the nearest coffee shop? Forget it. You'll get "two miles down the road," not "3.2 kilometers" – even though, honestly, wouldn't that be easier in the long run?

It's this weird American stubbornness, I think. Like that time I tried to convince my grandpa to try sushi. No way. Meat and potatoes kinda guy. Miles are our meat and potatoes of distance. It's comfortable, even if it does make things more complicated when we have to convert everything. (And don't even get me started on Fahrenheit... another hill we Americans will die on.)

As for pronunciation, "kil-o-meter" or "ki-lom-e-ter" – both sound right to me. I don't think anyone's really losing sleep over which one is "correct," you know? We're too busy trying to figure out how many miles are in a kilometer in the first place!