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Psychological Science [mailto:aps@psychologicalscience.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Miller, Rowland<br>
<b>Subject:</b> The Case for Changing Our Pronunciation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>The Case for Changing Our Pronunciation</b></span><span
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At its December 2009 meeting, the APS Board of Directors was unanimous
in support of a proposal by the APS Pronunciation Committee to change
how we say the words <i>psychology </i>and <i>psychological </i>(and <i>psychologist</i>)
to include the initial "p" sound. In keeping with APS bylaws,
such a change in pronunciation needs to be decided by a vote of our
membership. If approved, members would be required, or at least
strongly encouraged, to pronounce the "p" sound in the name
of our science. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
word <i>psychology </i>has a long and hallowed tradition</span></b><span
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having been coined in the 16th Century by the German theologian
Melanchthon based on the Latin <i>psychologia</i>, meaning"study
of the breath" - exactly what the word means for today's
researchers. From then until early in the last century, the initial
phoneme in <i>psychology </i>was said aloud. Psycholinguists speculate
that nonpronunciation of the "p" can be traced to none other
than James McKeen Cattell, who idiosyncratically left the sound off,
and to his students and colleagues, who imitated his affected way of
saying psychology in the hope of posthumously getting a Cattell
sabbatical award. Thus the silent "p" has its origins in
sycophantism, much like the Castilian lisp. Since Cattell's time, the
"p" has remained silent.<br>
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However, increasingly the trend among both professionals in the field
and laypeople alike is to once again pronounce the "p," and
the APS initiative represents an attempt to keep our relatively young
organization in step with the times. This change would also better
distinguish our Association from other organizations whose members
continue, anachronistically (and, we think, pretentiously), to leave
the "p" silent. In the halls of psychology departments, and
at meetings, it will no longer be difficult to tell who is a member of
which organization: How you pronounce <i>psychology </i>will be like a
badge of loyalty: <b>Are you a scientist or are you ... something else?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>And there is a final,
long-term consideration.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> The trend in written English
is toward simplification of spellings to conform to how words are
commonly pronounced. Witness the words plow (formerly plough), catalog
(formerly catalogue), and the increasingly common CUL8R ("see you
later"). If this trend continues and English speakers continue to
leave the "p" silent, the time may soon come when <i>psychology
</i>is spelled sykolojy. Our acronym would then become ASS. Nobody
wants that. <br>
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So, we respectfully submit, let's look again at the pronunciation of
our Association's middle name. Think it over, members, and decide.<br>
<br>
As an added note, the APS Pronunciation Committee is also currently
considering a motion to pronounce the first, silent "c" in <i>science
</i>as a hard "c" - i.e., "skience." If approved by
the committee, this proposal will also be put to a vote. Stay tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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