Pronunciation Guide

Do you find that you don't know how to pronounce Ophiuchus? Just how do you say Enceladus? These are problems that I worry over because I usually read names like this long before I hear anyone say them. This often means that I have to re-adjust my pronunciation.

Is Ophiuchus "offi-oo-cas" or "off-u-cas"? What about Enceladus? I say "En-sell-ahh-dus" but it would appear American astronomers say "En-sell-a-dus". A case of I say tomato and you say...

Stuart is at the Division for Planetary Sciences 2005 meeting in Cambridge, UK.

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Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Friday 09th Sep 2005 (09:05 UTC) | 2 Comments | Permalink

Comments: Pronounciation Guide

perhaps you should learn to spell and pronounce PRONUNCIATION the o is dropped and the word is pronounced as spelt ..with an un , not an oun

Posted by j hamer on Friday 28th Sep 2007 (22:32 UTC)

Thank you for the correction j hamer.

The phrasing at the start of your comment does comes across as quite confrontational and therefore is an odd way to initiate a conversation with somebody that you do not know. I hope that this was unintentional on your part.

Posted by Stuart on Sunday 30th Sep 2007 (17:25 UTC)

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