As a full time biologist, they use it when talking about the nucleus of an atom and also as the nucleus of a cell. My cell physiology professor from 1970 used to blow a gasket when a student asked about the nuculus.
The Dean of Allied Health at my college can't pronounce it either, so he just says "Nuke Med" for nuclear medicine. The worst, though, was the Nuclear Medicine Department at Tulane Medical School. They ordered a sign for the door, and it came back as "Unclear Medicine Lab". They thought it was cute, and kept it on the door. Jeffery On Nov 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Miserere wrote: > On 3 November 2010 17:22, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Gaaa! Nuclear, not new-cue-lar! >> >> Oh well, Carter and Bush II couldn't pronounce it either. >> >> Jeffery > > As a one-time nuclear physicist (sort of), this is a pet peeve of > mine. We should get one of these T-shirts, Jeff: > > http://rlv.zcache.com/nucular_is_now_pronounced_nuclear_tshirt-p2350035787086046633370_400.jpg > > Men's version, of course. > > As for the photos, they frighten me... > > > --M. > -- > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
