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Nice. As an aside, how do you pronounce Heaviside? Is it hevy-side or heevy-side or...?


From the IPA pronunciation guide of Oliver Heaviside's wikipedia page (mouse over the bit in parenthesis right after his name at the top of the page), "heavy side", with a slight emphasis on the first syllable of "heavy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside


At university in the UK it was always pronounced heavy-side.


Same. I guess I'll continue saying it that way. But I always feel so awkward about it!


My first interpretation was heveh-side or hevi-side.

I have no idea what the correct pronunciation is. But between you and me, I think we have some viable candidates.


Heavy side - it’s a pun




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