“Bayes” is pronounced /beɪz/.
I pronounce “Bayesian” /ˈbeɪziən/.
Noah Goodman and Eliezer pronounce it /ˈbeɪʒən/.
The Random House unabridged dictionary (1993) gives both
pronunciations (and the OED does not have “Bayes” or
“Bayesian” entries).
“Gauss” is pronounced /gaʊs/.
I pronounce “Gaussian” /ˈgaʊsiən/.
Noah Goodman pronounces it /ˈgaʊʃən/.
The Random House unabridged and the OED (1989) give only
/ˈgaʊsiən/.
Name + “ian” as the alternative to rhyming with Asian strikes me as a somewhat limited illustration.
The end of “Asian” does not sound like “ian”, and “Asian” does not have a “z” sound in it like “Bayes” does.
IPA to the rescue!
“Bayes” is pronounced /beɪz/. I pronounce “Bayesian” /ˈbeɪziən/. Noah Goodman and Eliezer pronounce it /ˈbeɪʒən/. The Random House unabridged dictionary (1993) gives both pronunciations (and the OED does not have “Bayes” or “Bayesian” entries).
“Gauss” is pronounced /gaʊs/. I pronounce “Gaussian” /ˈgaʊsiən/. Noah Goodman pronounces it /ˈgaʊʃən/. The Random House unabridged and the OED (1989) give only /ˈgaʊsiən/.
I appreciate the amount of effort that went into this comment.
However, I just realized it’s probably supposed to be called the “Bay-shan Conspiracy” and died a little inside.
No, it doesn’t, does it? I wonder if that is at all related to my point.
Was I correct in taking your point to be that the great-great-grandparent comment was not as clear as it could have been?
Well, not exactly. I was more going for “that’s a good point but also a little ironic, heh!”
;)