Not to split hairs, but I think that the closer South African pronunciation 
would be "in SIT-you", rather than Tim would have it "in seetchu" A minor 
issue, but one that national pride will have me defend.


Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
MRC
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel & fax +27 11 717 2298
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana"





>From: "Drew Sally A." 
>To: Histonet 
>Subject: RE: In situ vs. in-situ?
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:14:21 -0600
>
>"US = in sighttoo" ...actually some of us who are old and brave enough to 
>admit to having Latin in high school(and Spanish) probably pronounce it 
>close to the original Latin way...
>
>Sally Ann Drew-MT(ASCP)
>Univ. of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
>IHC/ISH Laboratory
>600 Highland Ave. VAH-DM223
>Madison, WI 53792-2472
>608-265-6596
>sa.drew@hosp.wisc.edu
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Morken, Tim [mailto:tim9@cdc.gov]
>Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:42 AM
>To: 'Richard Cartun'; Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>Subject: RE: In situ vs. in-situ?
>
>
>  use "in situ", lower case, but ideally italicised, as with "in vivo" or 
>"in
>vitro"
>
>Now, how to pronounce it depends on where you are from
>
>US = in sighttoo
>NZ, South africa, Britan(?): = in seetchu
>
>Others?
>
>Tim Morken
>Atlanta
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Cartun [mailto:Rcartun@harthosp.org]
>Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:08 AM
>To: Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>Subject: In situ vs. in-situ?
>
>
>I know this is trivial, but what is the proper way to write these two 
>words?
>
>R. Cartun
>
>


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