How Do You Pronounce Psi?

Posted by Alex in Cartoon & Comic, Science & Tech on July 15, 2009 at 2:24 am


Brown Sharpie is an excellent mathematical cartoon series by Courtney Gibbons – it’s like xkcd, but much brainier ;) This one above is a classic about how to pronounce the Greek letter psi: Link

And by the way, my graduate thesis was on a yeast prion called PSI+, and I say "psigh" which would make me tainted by a pretentious physicist.


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8 comments to "How Do You Pronounce Psi?"

  1. Gauldar
    July 15th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    I would say "Sigh", because I have been tainted by bad sci-fi material.

  2. Foreigner1
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:17 am

    I should say that Sigh is used for Sci(-Fi). And that therefore Psi has to be pronounced otherwise, like PsI with the I pronainced as in like, I or wise.

    ...But then again- English is not my first language...

  3. Skipweasel
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Sigh.

  4. Lew A
    July 15th, 2009 at 11:35 am

    I say, "psigh" as well. I have a degree in Biblical Studies, where I studied a few semesters of Koine Greek. That's how we pronounced it :) .

    Lew

  5. Video Game Dork
    July 15th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    i've never even heard 'psigh' pronounced! It seems akward to say.

    Also, saying a comic to be 'much brainer' than xkcd is a big claim! (Granted, an illustrated physics manual could be considered 'brainer', but if it's not funny, it's not really a 'brainy comic').

  6. Video Game Dork
    July 15th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Ok, I've looked at some of the most recent ones. It's not brainier or funnier. It's just a bunch of math puns.

  7. fullerenedream
    July 18th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    I say "psigh" too. I used to say "sigh", but then I realized my Greek physics prof said "psigh", and I figured he probably knew how to pronounce it.

  8. Courtney
    July 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Hey! Thanks for linking to my rinky-dink little comic (and I agree with Video Game Dork's assessment--math puns, illustrated, are my shtick).

    P-sigh, huh? Maybe I should have added an option for folks who have had their brains addled by idiosyncratically folded-up yeast proteins. (Eww, biology! ;) )

    My personal favorite is my pal who pronounces it "Siiigh" preceded with a really deep breath. She always manages to sound so depressed about it. I guess she's sad we already used up phi (pronounced "fee," damn it!).


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