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Old 08-10-2006, 10:57 PM
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Default Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)

I had to learn Organic Chemistry from a book and when I took the class later I never went to class, until one day midsemester when I went and for someone reason decided to ask a question...

"Won't that form a tertiary car-bo-cay-tion?" rhyming with vacation

Prof said, "Do you mean carbocation?"

I said, "Yes, and that name makes a lot more sense now."
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