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On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 03:06:41 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 01:11:44 +0000, Phil wrote:
> 
>> On 05/03/2026 21:00, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anybody explain “Nucular”?
>>
>> Not me. It's one of my pet peeves, along with 'homogenous', 'intregal'
>> and 'disect'.
> 
> You prefer “homo genius” do you? I remember that used to raise titters
> in a certain maths class ...

Are we talking about homogenous or homogeneous?

 
> So, is it “dill-emma” or “die-lemma”?

For me, not dill-emma but I vary between a long and short 'i'.  
'tetralemma' is easier to figure out. I doubt anyone would say te-tral`-
emma.