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   Peter Moylan  writes:   
   > On 01/04/23 03:46, Jerry Friedman wrote:   
   >> Does anyone here know how to pronounce the heraldic term "semy"?   
   >> Another version is "semé", French for "sown", which might give a   
   >> clue.  It's used for an indefinite number of small charges sown   
   >> around the field (background).   
   >   
   > I missed the word "heraldic" on a first reading. Knowing that you're a   
   > physicist, I was led completely down the garden path.   
      
   Large Hadron Collider =   
   Heraldic? Lord, no! Regal!   
      
   Phil   
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