"Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium."
— Chemistry

January 1, 1970

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Sources

William Crookes, in: William H. Brock. (1993). The Norton History of Chemistry. W W Norton & Co Inc. p xxvi.