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Article #3391Pronunciation of "Jansky"
From: J. Lewis
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:26
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:26
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A quick question: how should "Jansky" (man and unit) be pronounced? The name sounds middle-European-ish to me, suggesting "yanski", but Karl Jansky was American, suggesting "dganski".
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!nstn.ns.ca!news.ucs.mun.ca!newton.physics.mun.ca!court From: court@newton.physics.mun.ca (J. Lewis) Subject: Pronunciation of "Jansky" Message-ID: <C183JJ.2s4@news.ucs.mun.ca> Sender: usenet@news.ucs.mun.ca (NNTP server account) Organization: Memorial University of Nfld, St. John's, NF Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:26:05 GMT Lines: 4