After discussing the ANOVA pronunciation issue below with a few of my friends in the biological sciences, I want to revise my description of how ANOVA should be pronounced. I’m not very good at representing sounds this way. In the post below I said it should be pronounced like “an ova,” but that’s not really what I mean. There’s no pause between the n and the o — it’s more like “anova” but the sounds are pronounced like “an ova.” Also, as my friend B pointed out, the n is very soft, so it’s more like AnOVA.

I’m really hoping this is my last comment on this issue, but really? You never know. They might mispronounce something else next week!