Every year, he presents the "Experiential Learning Award" on Honors Night, and he can't pronounce it either. He says Experential Award. He's a Cajun from Abbeville, and they pronounce everything oddly.
Jeffery On Nov 4, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Miserere wrote: > Maybe it's just me, but if you're going to be Dean at a college that > includes Nuclear Medicine, the first question at the interview for the > job should be "can you pronounce 'nuclear' for us, please?" If they > can't, they don't get the job. Yeah, I'd be that draconian. > > I took a graduate Nuclear Astrophysics course taught by my supervisor > and she hated "nucular". There was a guy in the class who used it and > she spent the whole semester correcting him until he eventually came > around to saying it right. > > Seriously, I need to get that T-shirt :-D > > > --M. > > > On 4 November 2010 14:40, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> 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. > > -- > 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.
