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minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoTIL I’ve pronounced quark wrong my whole life (rhyming with park). Though I’ve heard it done that way elsewhere - perhaps it is also considered acceptable at this point.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoYou need it to make the quantum duck joke. Quark quark.
minus-squaredrail@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoGell-Mann said it sounds like “quart”, Joyce rhymed it with Park, it is a silly word and the pronunciation is as fluid as you desire.
TIL I’ve pronounced quark wrong my whole life (rhyming with park).
Though I’ve heard it done that way elsewhere - perhaps it is also considered acceptable at this point.
You need it to make the quantum duck joke. Quark quark.
Waitwhat.
Gell-Mann said it sounds like “quart”, Joyce rhymed it with Park, it is a silly word and the pronunciation is as fluid as you desire.