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Neodymium - Who really knows?

#45
two fingers said:
And it's a loose loose for the salesman.
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"Loose" describes your morals. "Lose" describes your outcome. :)

Technical salespeople are annoying when they volunteer incorrect or misleading info. If you don't understand something, please don't try to pass along your misunderstanding to others. Just say something like, "I'm not sure about that, but we can try to find out if you're interested!"

I've noticed that the correct knowledge vacuum is particularly strong in electronics and computer stores, where no one wants to admit that they don't know something, so they seem perfectly happy to feed you lines of B.S. wholesale. Although Guitar Center ranks up there too.

It obviously depends on the individual salesperson, but it seems like there is a culture of this kind of behavior out there...
 
#49
On the subject of salespeople not knowing their products: I went to a recruitment event for Herbalife back in the 80's (I know, I was dumber then than I am now), and the presenter was talking about all the great stuff in one of the products. He mentioned something that sounded like "lice-ricey". I wondered what he was talking about so I got the bottle and read the ingredients. It was licorice. I walked out at that point.
 
#51
Reminds me of the "Rick-in-back-er" vs "Rick-in-bock-er" debate. I've always said the first and I could have sworn I heard a rep for Ric say that the first pronunciation is the correct one. Either way, the neodymium mispronounces are pretty funny.

**EDIT - IIRC, it was a Rep...not sure if that was the exact position but I know he was an employee in some capacity
 
#55
hover said:
Molybdenum. That's a fun one too.

But yes. Neo-dim-e-um.
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I have to deal with this word once a week ...

As "Neodym", the German version is "Molybden" ...
Spelled "Mo-lüb-dään". :smug:
The "dään" sounds like the "Dan" in "Dan Aykroyd" (long "a").

Also have to deal with "piezo cooling stages" every week ...

The "Pi" sounds like "3.1415" or the "pee - p*ss" ... :)
The "ez" makes a "silent t".
You could write it "pee-at-so" :smug:
 
#58
You don't have this pronunciation in the
German Nazi but also in the
Italian paparazzo or piza ... :smug:

I think it also depends on local pronunciation ...

You can say
"pee-at-so"
(or more american): "pi-add-though" ...

In Germany the first person plural of "to have" (we have) is "wir haben". This "haben" can be spelled "harben", "hun", "hen", "hom", "hummer" +++ :D
 

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