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#6410
1919
⚐ Report//Trying to pronounce "de Broglie" in math phys //Some things are spelled phonetically Jesse: I think it's de BRO-glee. Sam: I've also heard de BROY-lee and de BROY. Jesse: De BROY? Where's the G? Sam: It's French. French has a lot of silent letters. Anna: De BROY...like Detroy? Richard: What's Detroy? Anna: You know, the city. Jesse: Do you mean Detroit? Anna: Yeah, but the T is silent, isn't it? Everyone: No... Anna: I've been pronouncing it wrong this whole time? Several people: Yes. Anna: But...in that Journey song...they say Detroy! It rhymes with "boy"! Sam: No. Just...no.
#6189
11
⚐ Report// Anna B is going over a derivation which includes a variable "u" Daniel B (whispers): Hey...what if only you could prevent forest fires?
#6109
26
⚐ ReportSambuddha: I don't believe Shakespeare wrote his own plays... Anna: Are you one of those people who thinks Kevin Bacon wrote them?
#6101
77
⚐ Report// Playing Buddha-Jeopardy Buddha: In the heliocentric model of the solar system, the center is... All: The Sun! Buddha (continuing on making up question): the sun. What is the third planet from the sun? Anna: Mars!
#5510
99
⚐ Report//Statistics. Stein's question for the test was "Favorite acronym" Stein: What is this--USA (yoo-sa)? United States of America? That's not an acronym. Anna Ou: It's pronounced 'Murica.