• perishthethought@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Barium is a chemical element.

      Say it aloud and it sounds like, “Bury 'em”.

      ETA: I’m not sure who that is in the picture. A little help, please?

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        That was my guess, that it’s pronounced similarly to something else, but I didn’t know how to pronounce Barium in English. Wikipedia says it’s bɛəriəm/BAIR-ee-əm I wouldn’t pronounce “bury em” that way, but I know my pronunciation is not good. I speak like the Hungarians in the Monty Python sketch “Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook”. These kind of jokes don’t work on me.