Dec 14, 2008 · To me, the SG-1 pronunciation makes more sense, but only in that it fits better into pronouncing Ba‘al Zebûb in the most common manner. Bear in mind that 'Ba'al' on its own simply means 'lord', and beign a fairly common word was almsot certain to be subject to variation.

Sep 13, 2017 · Yes, there can be occasional exceptions that don't follow any rule, but since this is an imaginary word whose pronunciation we're trying to deduce, that's where the rules are useful for figuring out the most likely pronunciation. Exceptions are, by definition, unlikely.

Aug 22, 2024 · "Zee-non" is the usual pronunciation of the element name, at least in America, but "zen-on" is an accepted variant, and in Blake's 7, as I said, they pronounce it "zen-un." Xenon is far too scarce to be a major constituent of a gas giant. Its rarity is why its discoverer Sir William Ramsay named it for Greek xenos, meaning strange or alien ...

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Nov 18, 2008 · That's a myth. Both pronunciations are common enough to get in a dictionary, but the YOOR-uh-nus pronunciation is based on the original Greek and Latin. It's the original, more technically accurate pronunciation, and the idea that it's an invention of joke-avoiding pedants is merely folk etymology.

Sep 3, 2014 · UHURA: We're to report back at once. CHEKOV: We cannot abandon Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy. UHURA: Of course not.

Jun 26, 2010 · Seeing as it has been pretty clearly established that the figure of 190,000 tons (not metric tons, just plain old tons) was settled on before Matt Jefferies was even hired, let alone before the Enterprise was even close to designed (hell, before it was even named "Enterprise"), just how much stock can we really put in this figure?