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Old 11-02-2001, 08:54 PM
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How do i pronounce Xenon???

I always called them zeons as in Z-on. Is this how u say it?
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Re: How do i pronounce Xenon???

Originally posted by TL-QT
I always called them zeons as in Z-on. Is this how u say it?
Ur missing the "N"
its
"Zeen On"
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it's zeee non

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Originally posted by ssainani
it's zeee non

perfect! now everyone try saying it
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Originally posted by CarFreak


perfect! now everyone try saying it

I okay~!

"A~B~C~D, EFG, HIJK, LMNOP, Q~R~S, ~U~V, W~X~YZ~! NOW I KNOW MY ABC, It's time to say ZEEE~ON"
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Oppps, I forgot the T. I guess I don't know my ABCs. Noooo~!
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Originally posted by hankw
Oppps, I forgot the T. I guess I don't know my ABCs. Noooo~!
LMFAO :p
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Not only that, you also said ZEEEN~ON wrong. :p
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It's pronounced XENON! :p
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Talking

EX-EON!
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You are all wrong. It is pronounced zee-nin......ZEENIN! Its not Zee-non. Thats like saying a non-profit organization is a nin-profit organization. It is zee-nin.
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just call em HIDs!!!!!
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All you'd want to know (and much, much more).


xe·non (ze' non´) noun

Symbol XeA colorless, odorless, highly unreactive gaseous element found in minute quantities in the atmosphere, extracted commercially from liquefied air and used in stroboscopic, bactericidal, and laser-pumping lamps. Atomic number 54; atomic weight 131.30; melting point -111.9°C; boiling point -107.1°C; density (gas) 5.887 grams per liter; specific gravity (liquid) 3.52 (-109°C).

(From Greek neuter of xenos, foreign, strange.)
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Originally posted by 92legend
You are all wrong. It is pronounced zee-nin......ZEENIN! Its not Zee-non. Thats like saying a non-profit organization is a nin-profit organization. It is zee-nin.
ZEENIN???

NON???
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Its Zee-Non.

My chemistry teacher says zen-on though
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It's ZEE-non. Please follow this link for an audible pronunciation from Merriam-Webster online:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?xenon002.wav=xenon
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wow

i was right!
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It's called really bright white light.
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