Re: OT particle physics and english, was something about redhat etc

"quarkman" <quarkman_at_myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:oprtrijz0tzkogxn_at_haydn...
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:07:07 +0100, Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-
> commission.gov.uk> wrote:
>
> > "Norman Dunbar" <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA7040EB513_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk...
> >> Damn, I knew I'd forgotten one !
> >> :o)
> >
> > This I hate to relate,
> > but I have to tell thee,
> > You've forgotten three.
> >
> > up,down,top,bottom,strange and charmed are the 6 'flavours' of
> > quark.There
> > are on the other hand only 3 colours for quarks but these *do* have
> > anti-colours for the anti-quarks.
> >
> > Makes exploiting the word leverage where the word use would be better
> > utilized seem marvellously clear.
> >
> > errm, I'll get me coat.
> >
>
> I feel a gluon coming on.
>
> Funny thing about quarks. Named after James Joyce's line in Ulysses, "A
> quark, a quark/For Muster Mark" (and hence "quark" rhymes with "Mark")
they
> nevertheless should be pronounced as 'qwarwks', because Murray Gell-Mann
> who invented them decided he knew better than James Joyce.
>
> It's a bit like "Lye-nux" versus "Lin-ucks", I suppose.
>
> Me? I'm a 'qwahrk' man, and hate Lyenux. I make my own choices.
>
> ~QM

Great to have you back. Received on Mon Aug 11 2003 - 17:57:24 CDT