Talk:Karl von Terzaghi

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[edit] Pronunciation

Can anyone please tell what the pronunciation of 'Terzaghi' is like? --Sjhan81 15:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure. It's like ter (like in tern or turn) zzzzz ahhhhh gggg (like in good) eeee. Sorry, I don't know how to do pronunciation text well. Basar 22:09, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. :) --Sjhan81 05:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Istanbul link

Does the last link to the school in Istambul work for anyone. My browser just says "Waiting for www.fbe.itu.edu.tr... for about 5 minutes. Then goes to done with a blank screen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TwoWildnCrazyKids (talk • contribs).

No it doesn't work. If you want to see what was there, you can see Google's cache of it here: Google Basar 22:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Something is wrong here

This article paints an unrealistic and far too pretty picture of v. T. It is suggested that the book of Boer (The Engineer and the scandal) be consulted to to give a more accurate account of this not very sympathetic - and from a scientific point of view, extremely harmful, person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.210.10 (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)