Pnas

Showcase Professionalism with the PREview® Exam
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
S

sparklingwater

Full Member
10+ Year Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2011
Messages
39
Reaction score
18
Points
4,601
  1. Medical Student
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
Probably one of the sillier questions here but, the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, is usually referred to as PNAS. I was planning to approach a professor about a publication he had in the journal, and was curious how to pronounce it, so I don't sound dumb. Is it pronounced P-N-A-S, P-Naz, etc.?

Thanks All
 
sparklingwater said:
Probably one of the sillier questions here but, the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, is usually referred to as PNAS. I was planning to approach a professor about a publication he had in the journal, and was curious how to pronounce it, so I don't sound dumb. Is it pronounced P-N-A-S, P-Naz, etc.?

Thanks All
Click to expand...
I have almost always heard it called "P-N-A-S". Don't say P-Naz. :laugh:
 
Haha, thank you. The reason I asked the question was because intuition told me to pronounce it P-Naz, but thought that sounded kind of 'off' 😛 Anyone here it any other ways?
 
It is definitely with 100% confidence always refered to as P-N-A-S
 
In these situations I always just ask another professor how it's commonly referred to.
 
I've also heard it with the letters only. P-naz just sounds like penis with a ghetto inflection.
 
tiedyeddog said:
I have almost always heard it called "P-N-A-S". Don't say P-Naz. :laugh:
Click to expand...

+1000000000 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
It sounds a little too much like you're talking anatomy otherwise.
 
Or just talk to him about the paper by title/content. He probably doesn't forget such things 😛
 
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
Bacchus said:
You make me feel old. We had that joke in probably 3rd or 4th grade.
Click to expand...

I think that joke's been around for a while. It's a testament to my sheltered childhood that I only encountered it in middle school, and then it was on the wrong side of the joke 😳.
 
I don't know about everyone else, but everyone in the Lab I work in (and actually everyone I have talked to in our Chem department) calls it P-Nas...
 
I'd pronounce it P-N-As, butt that's probably because I'm immature.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom