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The biggest shock to me about this movie...

posted 6 years ago by orangeflava (1877)
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is that I have been pronouncing "Gemini" wrong this whole time!! It's gemini like "jiminy cricket" not Gem-in-eye. What the heck!!?

[–] TandyMan (11120) 6 years ago

I can't believe they out a movie with "man" in the title.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4493) 6 years ago

What?!?

Houston.... we have a problem!

Wait, wrong mission.

[–] SkyCoyote5150 (1121) 6 years ago

“Don’t forget – Describe the protuberances.”
Wait, that was 12.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Yeah, well, I don't think NASA required its astronauts and rocket engineers to pass a Latin pronunciation test.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

At one point someone does pronounce it gem-in-eye. I was wondering if the pronunciation was done on purpose. Either way, it looks legitimate as some NASA video out there call it gem-in-ee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb_6UhAHCow

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Another bit of information

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/movies/first-man-gemini-nasa.html

[–] mitzibishi (1874) 6 years ago

I had a problem with that pronunciation. What was that all about?

[–] JackWily (6) 6 years ago

mitzibishi

Every few years the pronounciation of every word undergoes a review. It's called "being progressive", and it's fueled by the insatiable desire to correct others.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

lol

[–] diagoro (490) 6 years ago

Thought I picked up a different pronunciation of Apollo as well.

[–] Alessandro (108) 6 years ago

What bothers me even more is that JFK talks about the "de-CADE" when man will land on the moon, whereas I always thought it is the "DE-cade" ......

[–] strntz (12467) 6 years ago

Sort of like some people pronouncing words such as police "PO-leese" and insurance "IN-shur-ence".

But from now on, when my wife is in the pool, I'm going to pronounce her swimwear "bi-keen-eye"..