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[-] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We can call it the Euler Award for Excessive Achievement in Science. Or the Eulies if you're in the industry. And we can make a big deal about it if anyone pronounces it "the yoolies"

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

Yep, I think the accepted English pronunciation of "Euler" is as a homophone of "oiler", so the award would be "the oilies". I never heard the name out loud as a kid so I pronounced it "you'-ler" until well into adulthood, until someone made a big deal about me not pronouncing it correctly. I remember the occasion very clearly ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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