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Molybdenum

I’m a chemist… this is an element on the periodic table. I think it has a really nice ring to it yet is kind of awkward to say, all at the same time. Plus, “M” is my favorite letter. moe-leb-dih-num … ahhhh….

Melanie McWilliams

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  • In the 70s Western spoof “The Brothers O’Toole”, there was a mining town called Molybdenum, Colorado. But because the inhabitants couldn’t pronounce it, they called it “Molly-Be-Damned”!

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