Pronunciation.
"So look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls"
Sil-i-con (silŽe.ken) Them "e"'s is supposed to be upside down
Sil-i-cone (sil'ee-kon) That is a looooong o in the kon.
Larry
>>>>On 9/21/00 10:02 AM so and so (Allen Hefner) said. (And I quote:)
>
>I never would have thought about the difference in silicon and silicone...
>what's a silent E among friends?
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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