Nick Theodorakis
2009-Mar-04, 07:12 PM
From Cassini spots a moon, solves a mystery (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/03/cassini-spots-a-moon-solves-a-mystery/):
... (click to emringen) ...
Ok, I know Phil is fond of pop culturalisms in his BA blog, and I even know the origin of the "embiggen" phrase he likes to use, but it still took me a couple of minutes to realize that this is a mashup of "embiggen" and "ring" rather than a ghastly typo.
I am all for using an easy style to communicate sometimes-difficult information, and it's Phil's blog and he can do what he wants, but I might suggest he tone down the pop culture references just a tad, especially since a significant portion of his audience might not speak English as a first language or be otherwise unfamiliar with such popular trivia.
Nick
... (click to emringen) ...
Ok, I know Phil is fond of pop culturalisms in his BA blog, and I even know the origin of the "embiggen" phrase he likes to use, but it still took me a couple of minutes to realize that this is a mashup of "embiggen" and "ring" rather than a ghastly typo.
I am all for using an easy style to communicate sometimes-difficult information, and it's Phil's blog and he can do what he wants, but I might suggest he tone down the pop culture references just a tad, especially since a significant portion of his audience might not speak English as a first language or be otherwise unfamiliar with such popular trivia.
Nick