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[sparklingwater]

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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

 

[tiedyeddog]

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

I have almost always heard it called "P-N-A-S". Don't say P-Naz.

 

[aSagacious]

I have almost always heard it called "P-N-A-S". Don't say P-Naz.

😕 Oops.

 

[sparklingwater]

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?

 

[sha15]

It is definitely with 100% confidence always refered to as P-N-A-S

 

[Narmerguy]

In these situations I always just ask another professor how it's commonly referred to.

 

[kpcrew]

I've also heard it with the letters only. P-naz just sounds like penis with a ghetto inflection.

 

[Ebola4Breakfast]

I have almost always heard it called "P-N-A-S". Don't say P-Naz.

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It sounds a little too much like you're talking anatomy otherwise.

 

[eHombre]

Is it pronounced P-N-A-S, P-Naz, etc.?

Reminds me of those jokes about the PEN15 club in middle school...

 

[coyotelime]

Or just talk to him about the paper by title/content. He probably doesn't forget such things 😛

 

[Bacchus]

Reminds me of those jokes about the PEN15 club in middle school...

You make me feel old. We had that joke in probably 3rd or 4th grade.

 

[RookTookIt]

I think most researchers refer to it as P-nasty.

 

[eHombre]

You make me feel old. We had that joke in probably 3rd or 4th grade.

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 😳.

 

[Ghost117]

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...

 

[Suncrusher]

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...

same...all the doctorates in my mol. bio dept called it P-Nas

 

[Dr Love]

P-n-a-s

 

[paul411]

I'd pronounce it P-N-As, butt that's probably because I'm immature.