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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
