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I'm with you. You also hear "FOUR-e-err", and my favorite EE teacher said "FUR-ee-err", indistinguishable from the word for a fur coat-maker, which always produced a smile. (But, he's a fellow of the IEEE and I'm not, so who's laughing now?)

I say "WEE-ner" (since he was American, but, open to correction on that one) and "YEN-sen" (that's how I was taught).




> FOUR-e-err

My favorites are 'you-ler' for Euler and 'goose-e-in' for Gaussian.




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