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Re: Pronunciation of "semy"
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Phil Carmody
Apr 3, 2023, 8:21:11 AM4/3/23
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Peter Moylan <pe...@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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> 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
Crosspost & Followup-To: alt.anagrams
--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have
gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast
aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
-- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/
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