An unfortunate naming accident

[@kilianortmann9979]

In arithmetic geometry, the Cox-Zucker machine is an algorithm created by David A. Cox and Steven Zucker, pretty much for the sole purpose of getting a paper with their joint names published.

[@jitwarsingh1646]

Hearing Dr Fry say 'Cox-Zucker' would be priceless!

[@scj00380]

@@jitwarsingh1646 She'd pronounce it as "Cox-Zooker" (if she had any sense, which she does... loads!)

[@nius3774]

Zucker is a German word and should be pronounced the German way. But everyone is free to choose how to say their own name. And Zuckerberg in US already changed how people do it.

[@susanpettit8529]

🤣🤣🤣

[@davew4998]

Why not call it Zucker -Cox? Much better.

[@Treblaine]

man looking at periodic table: "Guys, lets try to make nanotubes out of copper" "Why copper?" "No... particular reason."

[@Cuestrupaster]

The guy who abreviated copper to cu had to be a portuguese speaker...

[@CaptDicker]

Fucking gold

[@Meton2526]

@@CaptDicker No, that'd be your AuNT . Don't disrespect your Aunt, she's a nice lady. Unless she's really made of Copper ....

[@vladpetrache6403]

​@@Cuestrupaster, you are close. It's from latin Cuprum, so close to the português term.

[@Cuestrupaster]

@@vladpetrache6403 Oh so it actually has "Cu" in the word... I said that because of what "cu" means in portuguese lol

[@grondhero]

I'm going to call someone a copper nanotube before this weekend is over.

[@Alacritous]

It's definitely in my rotation now.

[@nova6600]

HAHAHAH

[@abhijithkg1467]

That's brilliant 😄 n all the best 🙌🏼

[@JackCourt-dr8rj]

Good luck on your quest to call someone a copper nanotube

[@Heightren]

You brilliant Copper Nanotube

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

Nobody would have reacted at all if the scientists had been Australian...

[@TheVicar]

I remember being in Australia 3 decades ago and they had adverts selling "StartYouBastard", which was a switch lubricator to spray into the distributer cap on a petrol engine to get an older car going Nobody blinks an eye over there Unless there was back spray

[@ZeMaddog1]

A few years ago there was a tourism campaign by the Northern Territory, with the slogan "CU in the NT" but it was written so that the "in the" was very small compared to the other letters. A picture will show it better but, yeah.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

... The way I knew what word it was just because you commented this...

[@akcarlos]

its only the Americans that get upset a using "naughty' words

[@thickquinkly1560]

We now have a wonderful euphemism - "Righto you bunch of Copper Nanotubes, get yer arses into gear".

[@jali7913]

This reminds me of the infamous Cummingtonite. Cummingtonite is a mineral (a metamorphic magnesium iron silicate from the amphibole group). It got it's name from the custom of naming minerals after the place they were first found, which, in this case, is the town of Cummington in Massachusetts, USA. To top things off, the IMA symbol for Cummingtonite is, you guessed it, Cum.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

I was looking for this EXACT comment!

[@bermchasin]

doesnt surprise me given you tend to see men in chemistry.

[@MartintheTinman]

I'm not allowed to write that three letter word. Don't leave bad reviews for the Church of Scientology. Google puts you on an extra censorship algorithm. There's heaps of words I'm not allowed to write while others can at will. Oh well f Scientology

[@lyxsm]

Even minerals get more action than us poor chemists...

[@jali7913]

@@bermchasin To be fair: I think the naming of both the town and the element outdates the current meaning of the phrase by a hundred years.

[@johnsnow1749]

Don't know why the algorithm brought me here but I'm glad it did. I can see myself forcing this fact on to others for gatherings to come.

[@TheKompromissi]

I will be chuckling to myself while calling people "kupari nanoputki". But then I am finnish and somewhat weird, which is probably how this found me

[@gullygully69]

Me too. Subscribed though as a result

[@jedisalsohere]

​@@gullygully69Hannah Fry is an academic who's written books on mathematics and lectured at University College London for a while. She's best known as being a TV presenter for the BBC, in various documentaries about maths and science. She's also been on Have I Got News For You a few times, if that means anything to you.

[@gullygully69]

@@jedisalsohere yes I’ve watched them. Very informative. I follow her on X too

[@donlimoncelli6108]

We KNOW why the algorithm brought you here. Because it brought me here, too.

[@TheMrMused]

"You are SUCH a copper nanotube!"

[@3glitch9]

My sentiments exactly! 😂 I knew this comment was here somewhere lol

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

The new t-shirt & mug, I would imagine

[@danquinnell3502]

Yeah… that’s where I was going…

[@godislove8740]

@@danquinnell3502 she's out

[@TheQueenRulesAll]

😂😂😂

[@ConradMurkitt]

Years ago I worked for a company at called English Partnerships. This was a government agency and had been formed by amalgamating other similar agencies. One of those agencies had been the Commission for New Towns. During my time in the office I had seen folders on shelves with the abbreviation CNT on them which had amused me. I was told a story by a colleague about when they had merged the Urban Regeneration Agency with the Commission for New Towns, which ultimately became known as English Partnerships but before it did they’d had to go out to all colleagues to say they shouldn’t refer to the newly merged organisation using the acronym URA CNT 😊

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

I remember years ago one of the German football players was called cuntz.

[@krashd]

As soon as I got to Urban Regeneration Agency my mind went "..they've merged them both into the Commission for Urban New Towns!".. but no.. you're reveal at the end was a thousand times better 🤣

[@Rumouruk]

As kids, we lived in Hemel Hempstead. A designated new town. We had lots of CNT's vans flying around. But kids being kids, we called it Commission for Untidy New Towns!

[@P_FamilyJAR]

Here in Australia, the Northern Territory had a tourist advertising slogan for years called “C U in the NT” and the shirts etc would have the appropriate words in tiny letters…

[@Dafmeister1978]

'Straya!

[@TurboLoveTrain]

Come ride the South Lake Union Tram. Very popular in Seattle.

[@Dafmeister1978]

@@TurboLoveTrain I was in Seattle a few years back, I'd have been all over that

[@Abdul-Akeem_Akinloye]

​@@Dafmeister1978I bet you would.🤪

[@karlhendrikse]

It was not an official advertising campaign, but it still managed to sell merchandise

[@Kyrelel]

Although you can see the punchline coming, Hannah absolutely nailed it with "yeah, not ideal"

[@undine120]

In computer science, there are two hard problems: naming, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.

[@karlhendrikse]

OK, great?

[@andymerrett]

Are you talking about the British slang for someone who shows too much interest in children by any chance?

[@paulkurilecz4209]

Arrrrrrrrgh

[@hammerth1421]

There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who do not.

[@devMashcom]

I love that nobody gets that joke. But you know, there are only 10 kinds of people that understand binary math...🤣

[@jasonpatterson8091]

There is a family of explosives called nitrotetrazoles (NTz). The metal salts of these have varying properties and are named accordingly. Sodium nitrotetrazole is NaNTz, silver nitrotetrazole is AgNTz, and of course, copper nitrotetrazole is named DBX-1. 🙂

[@yurenchu]

That's because they probably also invented carbon-uranium nitrotetrazole, but are keeping it a secret...

[@katherinek6166]

Cowards.

[@brianfunt2619]

As soon as you said other materials, I thought... Copper

[@jonshellmusic]

Same here.

[@scj00380]

I think the clue was in the 'An unfortunate naming accident' title.

[@richardn1181]

They also made Bismuth nanotubes, with the acronym being similarly unfortunate.

[@ArchHippy]

My mind went to making them out of copper as soon as she said "NT". That's how primed I am for dirty puns.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Same

[@MNalias]

You say unfortunate, I say, i will now never forget the abbreviation for copper nano tubes

[@alexandertheok9610]

next, someone should investigate if any improvements in the Cu-NT's properties can be achieved by filling them with Cobalt, Carbon and Potassium atoms

[@cgpcgp3239]

Didn’t know letters for cobalt but I was able to quickly figure it out

[@perenis-z9r]

This was researched decades ago, and it was found to convert the nanotubes from an unstable state into their stable form.

[@MisterItchy]

Going backwards ... I know the symbol for potassium and carbon ... Now what could the symbol for cobalt be?

[@jackmandu]

@@MisterItchy- Co

[@SO_DIGITAL]

Giggity!

[@theverseshed]

Love this woman's sense of humour - she always sparkles mischievously whenever she's on chat shows, panel games (such as 'Have I got news...') or personal appearances.

[@fontana6394]

I could quite literally listen Hannah Fry talk about anything !

[@nanookmoose]

But especially this subject.

[@Louiscypher93]

I have been sending this paper to people for years. Think I referenced it in my Thesis.

[@TurboLoveTrain]

This would be an even better joke of you were an English major.

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

​@@TurboLoveTrainTBH, I can think of a lot of social science areas that could reference it, as well as linguistics, LOL. Referencing it doesn't require referencing the material IN it, as much as saying, "OOPS, this is what happens when language, particularly slang, isn't universal." There's probably already been at least one thesis referencing it in exactly that way.

[@TurboLoveTrain]

@@kateshiningdeer3334 "Social Science" Calling them a science in the first place is the joke.

[@iainmcculloch5807]

That reminds me of a story I was told about when Newcastle Polytechnic became a university. They considered a number of naming options. Since the poly was closer to the city centre than the existing Newcastle University, one of the options considered was apparently the "Central University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne". Sadly, in the end they went with Northumbria University. Some people just have no sense of fun.

[@AnBreadanFeasa]

City University of Newcastle & Tyne???

[@iainmcculloch5807]

@@AnBreadanFeasa "Central", rather than "City". No idea why that didn't post the first time. Ah well. :-)

[@ariaflame-au]

In Australia it was nearly Curtin University of New Technology. Story goes it was only when they started thinking about sports team uniforms that someone twigged.

[@roadie3124]

@@ariaflame-au We still have the advertising slogan See You in the Northern Territory as in CU in the NT.

[@neilgerace355]

​@@ariaflame-auCurtin UNiversity of Technology still works

[@mikesarno7973]

This is just too funny. I also like the way you paced it perfectly so that I was able to think what was coming next and then when it was actually revealed, it was just so much funnier. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Just the cheap laugh I needed this Sunday afternoon. Thank you.

[@doctordeej]

And., a last we have a new subtle way to insult someone without sounding like we are arranging an appointment next week, between Monday and Wednesday.

[@Fazzel]

Instead of "See you next Tuesday" We can now say "copper nanotube" "She is such a copper nanotube".

[@earthlingjohn]

Heard about this on a local college radio station in north texas...KUNT

[@krashd]

@@earthlingjohn I've always wondered if America's 4-letter naming convention for TV and radio has ever came out with the goods! "You're listening to Dubya-Ay-En-Kay.. or as the English folk like to call us, Radio Wank!"

[@earthlingjohn]

The list of rejected call letters would be fun to see 😂

[@Fazzel]

@@earthlingjohn -- Pretty sure KOCK and KOK are on that list.

[@andreamichelevincenti]

Hannah Fry: Great scientific communicator, who with her documentaries manages to excite like few others because she herself is full of true passion, like the great researchers and scientists she talks about...

[@krashd]

Something many in her generation, at least here in the UK, have in common as Drs Alice Roberts and Brian Cox are also very passionate when they speak, I think it's because for generations scientific speakers on television tended to be very stuffy and suited. Hannah, Alice and Brian are part of the rebel generation who reminded folks that science can be as cool and funny as it is important.

[@1171karl]

And being easy on the eye helps too...

[@rus.t]

“Why are you asking me? I don’t know anything about nanotubes, I’m a gynaecologist.”

[@lefthandedspanner]

in the Mallard BASIC programming language in the 1980s, there was series of conversion functions for variables that all followed a similar naming pattern: CINT = conversion to integer, CSNG = conversion to single-precision floating point, CDBL = conversion to double-precision floating point... all except conversion to unsigned integer, which was UNT it took me many years to realise why that was the case

[@MrRosebeing]

There's nothing I like more than an educational and hilarious video, so I thank you for that. That will tickle me for days, which says a lot about me, I think. I'm just glad that Lithium, Carbon and potassium weren't involved as well...

[@bobgillis1137]

My Dad spent much of his career in Project Management consulting, with Canadian Pacific. As he and his profession evolved, they created organizations to develop it. I saw he brought home a valise from one such conference of The Project Management Symposium or PMS, as it was emblazoned on the vinyl valise.

[@nzlemming]

I started laughing as soon as you said "copper".

[@aresorum]

Thank you for posting a short video in 16:9, wide-screen, and not 9:16, narrow-screen! 👏🥳

[@redflump]

except most viewers are on the mobile app - so wrong way! (I tend to use KZbin on TV so I'm with you on this one)

[@RFC3514]

@@redflump - If only phones could be held in more than one orientation.

[@zebo-the-fat]

@@RFC3514 no, that's not allowed, just like holding a phone with the microphone near your mouth and speaker near your ear!

[@redflump]

@@zebo-the-fat except it’s much more natural to use hands free

[@zebo-the-fat]

@@redflump I only use hands free if I want to share the conversation with someone else, no point otherwise

[@Britlishers]

Oh my, Hannah! After 63 years on this planet, I thought I'd seen it all, but this takes the biscuit! It's hilarious how even cutting-edge science can fall victim to accidental double entendres. I can just imagine King Cnut's dyslexic secretary chuckling at this linguistic mishap. Your ability to find humor in science while still respecting it is why I adore your programs. From 'Magic Numbers' to 'Secrets of Size', 'The Joy of Data', and 'The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry', you never fail to make complex topics both accessible and entertaining. Thanks for sharing this gem and for all your fantastic work in science communication. You always manage to make my day brighter and my mind sharper, while reminding us that even in serious scientific pursuits, there's room for a good laugh!

[@damien__j]

As soon as you mentioned Copper I knew where this was going 😅

[@StonyRC]

Thank you SO MUCH Prof. Fry - your videos never fail to make me laugh and educate me at the same time!

[@unvergebeneid]

That explains why I constantly get blocked when discussing exciting material science research!

[@malcpaul996]

Ha ha, Hannah, great to know that you have a 'down to earth' sense of humour! Well done. And no one was hurt making this video.

[@moleculemagician8616]

Great! That info could prove very useful if I ever get out to a bar or coffee shop again.

[@trevordickson8617]

OOhwaa! As soon as you said copper I put 2 & 2 together & saw where you were going with the NT story. See you next Tuesday!!!

[@KylePezzolla]

I had an Army commander who would use Cu NT hair as a way to describe how short something is or how close it came. So I think works perfectly, it’s an even short in length object when you want to describe how short something is “oh man! that was a copper carbon nano tube away from us!”

[@TristanMorrow]

That is a real unit of measure for machining tolerance exactly equal to about half a thou' (0.0005" ± 0.0005")

[@dahemac]

An RCH is a very esteemed UK measurement width. Now a “Royal Copper-nanotube Hair.”

[@Bill_Woo]

@@dahemac You forgot to mention that it's red. At least that's how it was taught to me that one RCH unit is.

[@RedshiftDougal]

@@Bill_Woo Yes, can confirm.

[@F.E.Terman]

When wondering if there was place for our cargo ship, the Durban harbour master assured us there would be 'net 'n skaamhaar' room to spare. And this was ages before nanotubes. 😮

[@Dargonhuman]

As soon as you said "copper" I knew exactly where this was going...

[@Richardincancale]

Only vaguely related but the UK power generation company imaginatively called PowerGen created a subsidiary in Italy which was called PowerGen-Italia …. I’ll get m’ coat

[@daneenmurf1043]

At a further tangent : theres an Aussie comedian/singer who goes by the name Jennie Talia :)

[@beeble2003]

Actually, PowerGen Italia was a completely unrelated company. But it is/was real.

[@randomxnp]

@@daneenmurf1043 I know someone called Jenny who not only married a chap called Taylor but took his name. I was also at university with a chap called Euan Kerr. I didn't even know him, he was just legendary in the university.

[@daneenmurf1043]

@@randomxnp In my area theres a Dick Browne. Father Dick Browne !

[@nanookmoose]

I was once had a driving instructor called Willie Burns.

[@Tadztoo]

I Enjoy your little pearls of information. Not at all too long, but straight to the point and informative.

[@ChristofferETJ]

The difference between the Chinese scientists and me (aside from not being a scientist, or Chinese), is that I would name things in this way deliberately.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

The moment you said copper, I knew exactly what the name was going to be.

[@ExcretumTaurum]

I was trying to think of a pun to make but realised that I’d just make a twat of myself.

[@richardjakobek7477]

More great research from the fabulous professor. Great stuff Hannah. That made laugh. 😁

[@dragonling748]

Unhappy accident? More like an Australian greeting!

[@David_Crayford]

🙃

[@Earthneedsado-over177]

I could listen to her voice all day, it's like butter.

[@donjackson5522]

The Chinese are well known for not realizing how things translate into other cultures. When I working in electronics, we dealt with a manufacturer in Shenzhen named Fuk Hing. Not pronounced the way everyone just read it, but point made. It brought engineers great pleasure to loudly request the location of the Fuk Hing catalog, or the Fuk Hing contract, or anything else regarding that vendor.

[@EbenBransome]

Not only the Chinese, there is a town in Austria named Fuскing.

[@eightcoins4401]

@@EbenBransome They renamed due to constant vandalism of the town sign by tourists iirc

[@nicolamullings7993]

Love the smile in your eyes.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I saw the channel name Hannah Fry and thought the gag was going to be like "My sister really wanted to honour the work of Dawn French, so now my niece is called French Fry!"

[@davidsmith5523]

And she's a chip off the old block.

[@stephensmith1118]

known as crispy to her friends...

[@yurenchu]

​@@stephensmith1118 LOL, that reminds me of a youtube video with a compilation of (real-life) funny names; one of them was "Chris P. Bacon".

[@stephensmith1118]

@@yurenchu real persons name is Alfred Hart, which is ok but usually he's usually know as Alf..... which sounds like a threat.... Alf Hart (i'll fart ), lol

[@yurenchu]

@@stephensmith1118 :-) Other names that I remember from the youtube video are - _Brock Lee_ - _Joelle Rollo-Koster_ - _Kash Register_ (he was falsely imprisoned for 34 years and was compensated with $16 million by the city when he was finally exonerated) - a lawyer named _Sue Yoo_ - _Dr. Will Tickel_ , chiropractor .

[@zacharywooden2113]

As soon as she said that people were trying to make them out of other materials I immediately thought of copper…my mind is in the gutter

[@gowzahr]

Things like this are why I've long thought about starting an English consulting business for scientific papers.

[@sammarkie]

As soon as I heard copper, I knew where this was going...

[@SlideRulePirate]

At 0:31 when Ms Fry mentioned 'other materials' an unbidden thought popped into my head in Hattie Hayridge's voice.... : 'This is going to be about copper, isn't it"

[@fish-hawk5903]

Yep, even with almost no knowledge of the periodic table, at that moment I knew it was going to be copper. I was a bit disappointed to be right...kind of obvious?

[@SlideRulePirate]

@@fish-hawk5903 You missed the joke matey.

[@fish-hawk5903]

@@SlideRulePirate Which bit did I miss? I thought I saw it coming, same as you.

[@SlideRulePirate]

@@fish-hawk5903 It's a reference to another joke. It's not what's 'revealed' but 'the revelation' itself. More than likely I have a decade or two on you. I have no fish to be patronising but it'd be a shame to go further.

[@abcabc-pv5uc]

After a few pints, my best mate turns into a silly copper nanotube.

[@AndyRRR0791]

Apparently they use argon selenide gas in the manufacturing process.

[@Dafmeister1978]

That's arsenic sulphide if you're in the US.

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

-Arsole is a real chemical compound, by the way.- Arsole as a pure compound has yet to be isolated, so I guess I can't say that it's a real compound. However, some arsoles, which are arsole with some chemical groups replacing some hydrogen atoms, have been isolated.

[@AndyRRR0791]

@@notthatcreativewithnames Enlightening!

[@harryfuller3881]

They originally tried to make them out of of calcium, but were unable.

[@lostsierraforrest5542]

And in some cultures the "thumbs-up" is an insulting gesture. But I pressed your "like" icon anyway. Thanks for the video(s) Hannah, I'm a big fan of yours ever since Magic Numbers and your 2019 Christmas Lectures. If I would have had a math teacher like you when I was in high school I would probably have been a much better student overall. As it was I gave up on math in the Eighth grade, only to later embrace it with enthusiasm in my mide-twenties when I joined the U.S. Navy and learned electronics, and later studying undergraduate level calculus for a Mechanical Engineering degree. 👍

[@thegorn]

These nanotubes are on the periodic table for sure.

[@swanronson173]

The copper nanotube could be introduced to a compound of Cobalt, Carbon and Potassium. That could lead to an interesting reaction.

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

That unfortunate naming accident has presented me with a brand new insult..."Hello, you copper nanotubes". Brilliant.

[@jeredorsey]

Can we PLEASE seriously dive into the practical applications of copper nanotubes? (begins to laugh)

[@makarabaduk1754]

Strong enough to get a capsule into orbit (possibly a ping-pong ball).

[@iandennis7836]

So, ya wanna go copper nanotube diving do ya? Muff said.

[@mikmop]

Growing up in Sydney, Australia I remember when I was a kid that there was a controversy about off-duty police officers working part-time as bus conductors to earn a bit of extra money. The commissioner then deemed any other work outside the police force was a conflict of interest and that ended this practice, much to the disappointment of many financially struggling officers. But later on scientists eventually established that copper makes a good conductor.

[@SuspenduAuGaffa]

I just *knew* you were gonna say "copper"...

[@Aga4ga]

In the old UK telephony network, each “station” had an abbreviation to identify it and it was called a 1141 code. It usually followed the format of region / area / individual unit. The most unfortunate was the tandem exchange at Lords in London, which was known as Cunningham. L/CUN/T

[@970357ers]

Just hope they don’t try doping with Lithium, Phosphorus & Sulphur.

[@DarlingDevil4691]

?

[@gelerson1642]

The way my brain immediately thought "oh shit... copper..."

[@zeddwulfen7737]

Saaaame I was all Cu... NT.... oh crrap.

[@EGarrett01]

Hannah definitely has a naughty streak this past year. You can tell by the topics she chooses. ;-)

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

??????

[@Pat_Springleaf]

@@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 whenever a conventionally attractive woman starts to talk about science, salacious weirdos come out in droves to post sweaty comments like that. very unfortunate

[@El-Burrito]

Incredibly funny. Also I was only made aware of you through the channel 4 election coverage, very happy to see you have a thriving youtube channel!

[@krashd]

Dr Hannah Fry is a legend, she has more than just this channel as she has appeared in lots of documentaries and science shows over the years, as well as being a guest on some comedy programs, just type "Dr Hannah" in to KZbin and you'll find all sorts.

[@sunnycideup4725]

the ai generated art at 0:17 😢

[@Ostralucia]

was hoping someone was gonna talk about thag

[@ethanlivemere1162]

So?

[@রাফি-হ৭ঘ]

Cry more

[@shreya...007]

I think we kinda have to learn to deal with that...

[@mftmss7086]

Oooooooooh nooooooooooooooo such a tragedy

[@frodev728]

There’s a beautiful irony in about this in this very video itself. I need some time alone now.

[@sergheiadrian]

I don't think that was an accident.

[@jmckendry84]

Do you think that a group of Chinese researchers based in China, with English as a second language, would be familiar with that word well enough that they'd spot that it would be a problem? You'd be wrong. The more surprising thing is that it didn't get flagged up by the journal, but then again, editors and reviewers commonly aren't native English speakers.

[@sergheiadrian]

@@jmckendry84 If you are fluent enough in English to write a scientific paper, then yes, I would expect you to know your CuNTs.

[@Dafmeister1978]

@@jmckendry84 Meanwhile, the lone Australian member of the team is trying to keep a straight face.

[@_Dimon_]

@@jmckendry84 Do you think Chinese researchers are stupid? It's not some obscure word, it's one of the most popular English swear words. They knew what they were doing.

[@nammo9460]

Back in the 1980's, BT were installing a network to link together many, (or all?), of the departments of Cambridge University. Workers from all disciplines were pulled together for the project, and they were to be collectively named, "Cambridge University Network Team", until a lady typist had to type some of their notes, from a dictation tape, in which the compiler told her to, "abbreviate titles wherever possible, please". They changed that title just a few minutes after she reported a certain problem!

[@ZachsMind]

Okay. So. From now on, we could refer to an offensive person as a "CoppUr NanoTube" and censors would be none the wiser. Sorted!

[@JohelSouza]

Such an inspiring article I will read with dreams in my mind and her face in my memory.

[@Ultronmclovin]

The abbreviation describes most MSM scientists during pandemic

[@XenonJohnD]

I know a chemist who, with like minded colleagues, would sometimes submit papers which included one or two abbreviations along similar lines just to see if they could sneak them past the peer reviewers. They definitely did know what they were doing. He also had a brooch made of finest green.....

[@iandennis7836]

After literally an hour's ceaseless work I'm sure 😂

[@luccadukka]

Do I find her attractive because of; A) Her intelligence B) Her Articulateness C) Her red hair D) I’ve been single for years E) All of the above

[@SO_DIGITAL]

Red hair, smile, articulate, smart

[@davidhicks9215]

F) Tthat dreamy accent.

[@theophrastus3.056]

He good humor about sexual intimacy?

[@Jasper_4444]

E)

[@deanlowdon8381]

All of the above plus her lovely voice!

[@gaius_enceladus]

Hilarious! I love your flowing red hair, Hannah - it's wonderful! I had my specs replaced recently and one of the women at the glasses shop had similar lovely long red hair! I complimented her on it and I think she liked that!

[@panzfaust9812]

Wonderful. Thanks for the chuckle

[@batjon1963]

OMG, hilarious! 😂 And so well told. You're a natural on camera.

[@NicoleColenico]

That was significantly tame compared to what I expected

[@dwells37]

I saw where this was going as soon as she said copper!😂 This is hilarious!

[@fredhoy6697]

Saw that one coming.... but it was still great. Kinda like Seattle (where I live) has the South Lake Union Transit. I'll leave it to you.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

These things can work out well. In 1866, two cattlemen called Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving, established a trail from Texas to Wyoming. Hence The Goodnight-Loving Trail. Less romantic than it sounds.

[@Judge247]

Absolutely brilliant. I haven’t laughed like this since my father in law (PhD in Physics) told me about “cavitating orifices”…

[@xyJleTaM]

Ok, I don't know, what this channel is about, but it speaks to my man-of-culture-feelings, I have to acknowledge that.

[@HighKingTurgon]

Thank you, Dr. Fry! Didn't know I needed this

[@kevinrhodes79]

Great video Hannah , you are always amazing 💕

[@0xFEEDC0DE]

As soon as you said copper I knew where it was going. I'm not proud.

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

Saw some right copper nanotubes on the tube home from work today

[@Stephen-wc8fn]

40yrs ago I worked at a company that installed its first computer that would do mail-merges. The system used a customer ID comprising the first three letters of the customer’s surname followed by the initial of the customer’s given name. The customer ID was prominently displayed on all letters. One day Theresa Cunningham phoned up in a rage wanting to talk to the manager.

[@emonticello]

Thirty-eight years ago I worked at a defense company in the DC area. The company was notorious for laying off folks every few years. During this particular layoff, someone in the C-suite thought it was a great idea to conduct an internal public relations campaign to build up company morale. The motto, "We Can!".

[@fredericksaxton3991]

When I worked for IBM in the 1970's, the Americans sent us a couple of computer control unit testers. We were building huge 370/165 main frame 'puters. The name plate that sat atop the Control Unit Tester was spelled that certain way. The name plates were taken away and we soon had them back relabelled PUNT. True story.

[@ghostradiodelete]

accident? where's the accident? this is brilliant.

[@AngusNB]

I knew where this was going as soon as you said "other materials". 😂

[@bobkoure]

As soon as you said copper I started to laugh. Thanks!

[@Rumouruk]

Great video Hannah. Love these little quirks.

[@Apollo_Sierra]

As soon as I heard "copper", I knew where this was going.

[@CraftyOldGit]

Back in the 1970s a colleague commissioned a British made mainframe computer system in a French establishment. He had to explain to the French operators that to start the system they had to type ‘CON’, the abbreviation for ‘CONTINUE’. ‘Con’ is the French for copper nanotubes.

[@EbenBransome]

A lot less rude though. The French use con, connerie, merde almost without thinking.

[@skf957]

I myself have done loads of experimental observations, but always feel the need to do more. Much more.