"I am a stwing pwagmatist. I say I'm gonna pwove something that cannot be pwoved, I appwy for gwant money, and then I spend it on wiquor and bwoads." ―Barry Kripke, The Relationship Diremption Barry Kripke, Ph.D. is a Caltech plasma physicist and string theorist as well as a colleague of Sheldon and Leonard. He has a case of rhotacism, where he pronounces "R" and "L" as "W", much like Elmer Fudd in Looney Tunes. With a knack for ribbing people, he is a friend to Leonard, Howard, Raj and Amy. He