How do you pronounce ln? (Natural log)

wanderlust.xx

18

"ELL ENN" or "Lunn"?

I demand a poll. >.>

Reply 1

Slumpy

16

Log?:P

Reply 2

angelafleming

lawn?

Reply 3

wanderlust.xx

OP

18

Nah... doesn't work. I pronounce it as ELL ENN.

Reply 4

Transatlanticdrawl_

11

"Natural log" or "LN". I hate it when people say "lunn". It's usually non-mathematicians, where they havent' a clue what it is, what it means, but just to use it (for example in Chemistry. Man my chemistry class was full of annoying people.)

I suppose we do it with cos, tan, log, etc but I still don't see why people have to call it lunn, there's no vowels in it for a start! You wouldn't say "I'm going to send you a pumm" (PM) would you ?

Reply 5

Sh4w

9

Some people I know call it 'lin', I just say L N.

Reply 6

x_Bex_x

L N

Reply 7

wanderlust.xx

OP

18

Transatlanticdrawl_

"Natural log" or "LN". I hate it when people say "lunn". It's usually non-mathematicians, where they havent' a clue what it is, what it means, but just to use it (for example in Chemistry. Man my chemistry class was full of annoying people.)

I suppose we do it with cos, tan, log, etc but I still don't see why people have to call it lunn, there's no vowels in it for a start! You wouldn't say "I'm going to send you a pumm" (PM) would you ?

YESS, THANK YOU. Gawd, so annoying - even my MATHS TEACHER says "lunn"... I'm like, wtf?

>_>;

Reply 8

panjabiflower

1

eel en!

Reply 9

Supergrunch

10

My maths teacher always used to make fun of people who didn't pronounce it "log" - that's what it is, after all.

Reply 10

Ekpyrotic

13

Lunn.

Reply 11

Jake22

18

I pronounce and write the natural logarithm as 'log' as is the standard in mathematics.

I once had an analysis lecturer who threatened to hit anyone who wrote 'ln' for the natural log.