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::Indeed. American geologists also pronounce it "nice" [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 18:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC) | ::Indeed. American geologists also pronounce it "nice" [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 18:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC) | ||
:::According to my geologist father, 'gneiss' is pronounced as "nice" and 'butte' as "beaut." He also says that buttes are almost never gneiss: gneiss is a metamorphic rock, and buttes are almost always formed from sedimentary rocks. (Gneiss can form bornhardts, which are also bumps of rock, but form by a different process and don't look very similar.)[[User:Sapphie| Variables won't, constants aren't. (Osborn's Law)]] ([[User talk:Sapphie|talk]]) 00:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC) | :::According to my geologist father, 'gneiss' is pronounced as "nice" and 'butte' as "beaut." He also says that buttes are almost never gneiss: gneiss is a metamorphic rock, and buttes are almost always formed from sedimentary rocks. (Gneiss can form bornhardts, which are also bumps of rock, but form by a different process and don't look very similar.)[[User:Sapphie| Variables won't, constants aren't. (Osborn's Law)]] ([[User talk:Sapphie|talk]]) 00:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC) | ||
− | ::::Your father is kind of a buzzkill. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.38|108.162.216.38]] 16:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC) | + | ::::Your father is kind of a buzzkill. |
+ | ::::A gniess hardt bone? Umm... [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.36|108.162.216.36]] 22:33, 20 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
+ | [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.38|108.162.216.38]] 16:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC) | ||
Rather impressive to see an erotic geology joke that doesn't even need to bring up cleavage, lol. One of my favourites. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}} | Rather impressive to see an erotic geology joke that doesn't even need to bring up cleavage, lol. One of my favourites. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}} | ||
:Oops, my mistake, they did mention cleavage, but still not bad anyways. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}} | :Oops, my mistake, they did mention cleavage, but still not bad anyways. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}} |
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Actually, in the UK "gneiss" is pronounced exactly "nice", so it fits even better there.
- If Wikipedia's phonetic guide is any authority, it's also said that way in the US (hover-text: 'n' as in 'nigh', long 'i' in 'bide', 's' as in 'sigh')... it doesn't make any distinctions between regions. -- IronyChef (talk) 04:51, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed. American geologists also pronounce it "nice" lcarsos (talk) 18:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- According to my geologist father, 'gneiss' is pronounced as "nice" and 'butte' as "beaut." He also says that buttes are almost never gneiss: gneiss is a metamorphic rock, and buttes are almost always formed from sedimentary rocks. (Gneiss can form bornhardts, which are also bumps of rock, but form by a different process and don't look very similar.) Variables won't, constants aren't. (Osborn's Law) (talk) 00:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- Your father is kind of a buzzkill.
- A gniess hardt bone? Umm... 108.162.216.36 22:33, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
- According to my geologist father, 'gneiss' is pronounced as "nice" and 'butte' as "beaut." He also says that buttes are almost never gneiss: gneiss is a metamorphic rock, and buttes are almost always formed from sedimentary rocks. (Gneiss can form bornhardts, which are also bumps of rock, but form by a different process and don't look very similar.) Variables won't, constants aren't. (Osborn's Law) (talk) 00:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed. American geologists also pronounce it "nice" lcarsos (talk) 18:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
108.162.216.38 16:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC) Rather impressive to see an erotic geology joke that doesn't even need to bring up cleavage, lol. One of my favourites. -- BruceJohnJennerLawso (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Oops, my mistake, they did mention cleavage, but still not bad anyways. -- BruceJohnJennerLawso (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Another gneiss butte interpretation, that Randall can't possibly have intended because of his politics, is a small hill- much like pregnancy.Seebert (talk) 12:54, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
- What are you talking about? How does any political position preclude punning about pregnancy?
173.245.50.174 19:46, 7 September 2015 (UTC)