Comments on: It’s “nus” to me about these experiment names

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:52:12 +0000

This also has the added benefit of making Minerνa “Minerna”, which sounds ridiculous any way you say it.

By: Fermilab

Fermilab — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:23:51 +0000

Nick – good point! The pronunciation would be nona or nova, but probably not nonuna.

-Leah Hesla

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:02:16 +0000

It’s good to see this stuff pointed out!

Personally, I insist on pronouncing Noνa “Nona”, because whilst it’s stand-alone pronunciation is “Nu” (and is indeed used for neutrino), when used in a word it’s supposed to be used the same way as an “n”.

That, and I like being deliberately difficult sometimes

By: Michael B. Giambra

Michael B. Giambra — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:18:09 +0000

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MIke Giambra

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:48:18 +0000

Interesting post to read! When I was in high school I used to wonder if the D0 experiment is pronounced as D-Zero or D-Phi because of the way the symbol 0 is written in the experiment’s logo.