"Chaeto" pronunciation?

[hammerhead33]

Ok....simple question.......How is the "ch" in the word "chaeto" pronounced?.....I've heard chaeto pronounced with a "k" and others with the "ch" like in the word "cheetah"......I've tried checking dictionary.com and had no luck.

 

[greenbean36191]

The ch is pronounced with a "k" sound in Latin. The same rule applies to the word nudibranch.

 

[hammerhead33]

Thanks greenbean......I didn't think anyone was going to respond...I have heard fellow reefers pronounce it both ways but I've always pronounced it like "kayto." I even heard a guy call it "cheeto.".....Thanks again for the clarification.....BTW...Nice avatar.

 

[bergzy]

or...

"kato" kaitlain...

 

[Glove]

The same rule applies to the word nudibranch.

Its not pronounced Noody-Branch?

 

[kinerson]

So is it "k-2"? ( I guess i'm a little slow)
Greg

 

[Triterium]

Kay-Toe. Kind of like Play-doh

 

[orion76]

The same rule applies to the word nudibranch.

Its not pronounced Noody-Branch?

It's noody-brank?

I don't know anyone who pronounces it like that

Oh well, guess I'm not as smart as I thought I was

 

[Triterium]

noo di brangk
noo (as in shoot) di (as in edison) brangk (a making the same sound as it does in mat)

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

weird names, shouldnt there be a common name like speghetti plant or just sea slug? and how do you prnounce Pseudochromis, im guessing pe-sue-dok-chromis?

 

[Triterium]

Sue Doe chrome iss (like miss)

pseudo means false in Latin

 

[ManEatingGuppy]

i was close -.-

 

[PaulB]

spa-get-ti

 

[LeftCoast]

"ae" in Latin is pronounced like a long "i" (like "eye"). So it is pronounced "Ki-toh-mor-fa".

 

[Triterium]

I always thought it was key-toe-morph-a. The "chaet" in many biology terms is keet (like in polychaete). But ive been told over and over that its kay-toe. who know...oh well

 

[LeftCoast]

Exactly, who knows? I'm guessing that because it's what I've been taught in Latin (but then again I'm not an extraordinary Latin student). Maybe the "e" on the end of "polychaete" has somthing to do with it...I wonder.

 

[Triterium]

Chaeta is another example. Something to do with annelids. Its pronounced Keet-a

So chaeto must be keet-O

 

[LeftCoast]

Heck if I know.:lol:

 

[HippieSmell]

I'm pretty sure it's keeto, but some of my professors pronounce plant names slightly different, and people who took latin in highschool pronounce it differently still. So, meh, I just say words I don't know how to pronounce 3 different ways right in row to cover the odds, lol.

 

[jthnhale]

spa-get-ti

:lol: haha