Word “insulin” used for the first time today in 1922

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    • 3 May, 2012 at 8:43 am #10084
      Tim
      Keymaster

      According to the world diabetes day twitter feed “on this day in 1922, the word #insulin was used for the first time in public”.

      I preferred the other proposed name “pancreatin”; if you could rename insulin what would you call it?

    • 3 May, 2012 at 9:28 am #14003
      Dave
      Participant

      Never mind renaming let’s agree on how it is pronounced.
      One for the monthly pool maybe?

      Is it:
      In-soo-lin
      In-su-lin
      In-si-lin or
      In-shoo-lin?

      Last week in the news threw up all of the above and more.

    • 3 May, 2012 at 10:05 am #14004
      Tim
      Keymaster

      I say “in-su-lin” – therefore that is the correct way!

      I think it should be renamed “magic la la juice”. It would certainly brighten up those dreary trips to the pharmacy.

    • 3 May, 2012 at 10:32 am #14005
      Annette A
      Participant

      I say In-sy-lin. With the s and y elided and the y pronounced as a schwa. (no, I’m not really studying linguistics at the moment, honest…)
      My brother lives in la-la land (with fluffy pink clouds and money that grows on trees, dont you know), so I cant get on with la-la juice.
      I’d go for something more descriptive – sugar killer? Glucocide fluid? Or how about Island juice, in honor of the Islets of Langerhans?

    • 3 May, 2012 at 12:22 pm #14006
      Tim
      Keymaster

      “Sugar Killer” sounds cool!

    • 6 May, 2012 at 9:43 pm #14007
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      “Island juice” sounds like something that comes in a glass with umbrellas and is sold for exorbitant amounts of money to the trendies !

      I say “in-sh-lin”. I tried to think of it as “Sugar Killer” but found that it made me start singing “psycho killer” (Talking Heads) but with sugar as the first word.
      Maybe “hyper killer” ? but that still leads back to the same song !

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