(2) Notify Jim and me before making a decision like that again.
His response was "Jim and I." You've got to love his answer!Īctually proper grammar can be any of three responses depending on the circumstances or the thought wishing to be conveyed: "Jim and I" or "Jim and me" or "Jim and myself."Įxamples: (1) Both Jim and I are going out for the space walk. I remember just before the Gemini 7 mission Frank Borman was asked this very question by a reporter. "From my perspective, from 50 years later, whichever you want to use is fine." Barry said that he suggested to them that for the sake of clarity, they pick one pronunciation and stick with it.
"He used the word 'Gemini' twice in his answer - and he pronounced it both ways."Īs for the filmmakers, Dr. "He kind of gets this twinkle in his eye," he recalled. Back in the time of the Gemini program, "it kind of depended who you were talking to, and what day of the week it was," and even varied from NASA locations, he said.įor "First Man," NASA arranged a meeting between the film's star, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Collins, a member of the Apollo 11 crew. it wasn't always so clear, said Bill Barry, the space agency's chief historian. The New York Times has revisited the topic. This Vintage Space clip should settle the question. Just a thought in my mind, but maybe given the choice, they felt the last syllable should be pronounced the same as in Mercury.
I know that every time I've heard Jim Lovell say it, it's Ge-min-ee. Since then, it was pointed out that The New York Times ran a UPI article on this subject on April 2, 1965: Regardless of what the dictionary says, the Federal space agency's official pronunciation for its new man-in-space program, Gemini, is "Jiminy," as in "Jiminy Cricket."
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Reviving this 2006 topic, the question of how to pronounce "Gemini" came up in the production of the film "First Man." There was some debate among the consultants, but ultimately it came down to how Neil Armstrong said it at the time of Gemini 8 and that was "Gemin-ee." If you go to Wally Schirra's website, where each page has a bit of interview footage with him, he discusses that and says that either was correct.įrom memory, most transmissions to and from the Gemini capsules used the "Gemin-ee" pronunciation, perhaps because it was quicker to say "Gemin-ee 4, get back in!" than "Gemin-eye 4, get back in!" However, if memory serves me correctly, most of us flight ops guys said Gemin-eye. Yes, I agree - both pronunciations are correct. Several astronauts say Gemini as "Gemin-eye" and some say "Gemin-ee." What is correct?īoth are correct however I've always used the version that most of the astronauts and flight directors seemed to use during the actual program: "Gemin-ee."ĭon't know why. Topic: Correct (official) pronunciation of 'Gemini' Profile | register | preferences | faq | search Correct (official) pronunciation of 'Gemini' - collectSPACE: MessagesĬorrect (official) pronunciation of 'Gemini'
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