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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of "semy"
From: Phil Carmody
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Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> writes:
> On 01/04/23 03:46, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>> Does anyone here know how to pronounce the heraldic term "semy"?
>> Another version is "semé", French for "sown", which might give a
>> clue. It's used for an indefinite number of small charges sown
>> around the field (background).
>
> I missed the word "heraldic" on a first reading. Knowing that you're a
> physicist, I was led completely down the garden path.

Large Hadron Collider =
Heraldic? Lord, no! Regal!

Phil
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Re: Pronunciation of "semy"	Phil Carmody

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