A newly discovered Valarin word

[pandemonium]

sônepcizûmab -- meaning "sneeze."

OK, I'm obviously littering this august sub-forum with frivolity. Sonepcizumab is the name of a monoclonal antibody in Phase I trials for advanced solid tumors. I'm writing the annual report for the clinical results to be sent to the FDA, and the name of the drug reminded me of Valarin.

[Darth Fingon]

How the crap does one pronounce that?

[pandemonium]

Feb 5, 2009 20:12:03 GMT -6 Darth Fingon said:

How the crap does one pronounce that?

I just conferred with Doc Tyelpo, one of the other thralls here in the Turret of Pharma-dûr, and we parsed it out as...

sO-nep-si-zU-mab

iThe O and U are long vowels, the others short, and the primary accent is on the third syllable.

It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

(And thanks to the new Work Skin, I can steal time away from the Turret to answer this urgent question!)

[Darth Fingon]

Feb 6, 2009 8:10:14 GMT -6 pandemonium said:

sO-nep-si-zU-mab

What a terrible word. I think it might be Black Speech.

[pandemonium]

Feb 6, 2009 8:43:19 GMT -6 Darth Fingon said:

Feb 6, 2009 8:10:14 GMT -6 pandemonium said:

sO-nep-si-zU-mab

What a terrible word. I think it might be Black Speech.

Well, I am a thrall to the dark lords of Pharma-dûr. That's my lingo!