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Friday, September 14, 2007

Genius Primer*

posted by on September 14 at 11:57 AM

Going to the party tonight? Want to be able to recognize our certified Geniuses, maybe buy their drinks? Here’s footage (of the moments when they learned they’d won) to familiarize you.

*Maybe I’m the only one, but I’m never certain if it’s “PRIME-er” or “PRIM-er” in this case (meaning a small introductory book on any subject). It’s the latter: prĭm’ər, from Medieval Latin prīmārium.

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Amy Kate,

Is Sandeep really 60 years old? Or is that a typo?

Posted by Maggie | September 14, 2007 12:30 PM
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PRI-mer

My attendance is not an invitation to verbally scrum over fixies, the racist junta, the viaduct or whatever the hell we've habitually argued about.

Posted by Gomez | September 14, 2007 12:36 PM
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...huh. Alex Schweder is, uh, really fuckin' hot.

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 14, 2007 12:39 PM
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Do yourself a favor and learn IPA; quit using that horrific American phonetic alphabet and you'll have a much easier time in the future. According to the OED, it's praim(schwa)r (or PRIME-ur in pseudo-phonetic typing). PRIM-ur (prIm(schwa)r) is NEVER "correct".

Posted by Jason Petersen | September 14, 2007 12:55 PM
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@1 - I'm pretty sure that was a joke, but who knows? They'll probably say it was a joke even if it wasn't, so I guess we'll never know.

Posted by Levislade | September 14, 2007 1:07 PM
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So, what are people wearing to this thing? Would I be out of place in a suit?

Posted by E. Steven | September 14, 2007 1:10 PM
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@6

Sport an ascot. Or a wide tie.

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 14, 2007 1:30 PM
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E. Steven: You won't regret it if you wear a suit. People dress stylishly.

Jason, are you saying I'm wrong? (That it's PRAIM-er?) I looked at the OED but took the pronunciation from AHD. I pledge to learn IPA just as soon as I have a spare afternoon.

@1: It's a joke, but he is pretty old.

Posted by Amy Kate Horn | September 14, 2007 1:50 PM
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Thanks Amy. Will do!

Posted by E. Steven | September 14, 2007 2:01 PM
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Both pronunciations are acceptable in American English, but the latter is never correct in British English. I prefer the British pronunciation myself. And the "i" in the Latin word "primarius" was probably pronounced like how Americans say the letter E.

Posted by Andy | September 14, 2007 6:59 PM
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too bad y'all didn't let the uninvited in until the awards were over and done with. on the plus side, i got kicked out of the library at midnight after drinking booze, and i'm not even a hobo!!

Posted by nomi malone | September 15, 2007 2:31 AM

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