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Dr Stonehill's pronounciation

posted 14 years ago by chemguy
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Did anyone notice, in the movie, that Harrison Ford slightly mispronounced the scientific terminology he was using? The words were understandable, but I couldn't help but notice little things ... like the emphasis placed on the wrong syllable in words like "phosphorylation"

Granted, I know Harrison Ford has no science background, but I thought it was interesting to see him memorize all those lines with scientific jargon and they try to reproduce them and sound credible at the same time.

"Try not. Do or Do not. There is no try" Yoda

[–] gary-chris 14 years ago

Actually I'm a Biochem grad from PSU and I thought the Biochem jargon was pretty darn good. I've had profs who had different ways of pronouncing the same words.
I thought Ford and the others did their homework well enough.