How Are “BAR” and “BAS” Pronounced?

An old friend of my mother recently returned to Florida from an extended stay in California. One of the highlights of her trip to California, she reported to my mother, was some lectures by a Dr. Horn. Knowing that the distinguished professor and dean emeritus of Andrews University, Siegfried Horn, often lectured at BAS’s vacation seminars, my mother inquired whether Dr. Horn’s first name was Siegfried. Indeed it was, she was told. The lectures were given by an organization called BAS, my mother’s friend volunteered, adding “It’s very big out there.” At first, my mother failed to recognize that […]