Correct pronunciation of zooxanthellae?

[facewedgie]

sorry for the dumb question, but its driving me crazy.

 

[Freed]

ZOO OH Zan thelly

 

[wrott]

I believe it is zo-zanthela.

 

[wrott]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zooxanthellae

 

[facewedgie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699726#post7699726 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrott
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zooxanthellae

(z-zn-thl) ...doesnt even copy and paste it properly. that "pronunciation" is rediculous...maybe its just me or my computer or something...

 

[masson]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?zooxan09.wav=zooxanthellae

 

[facewedgie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699767#post7699767 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by masson
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?zooxan09.wav=zooxanthellae

hearing that, it sounds like:

zo-ahs-an-thellie

yeah?

 

[Sk8r]

ZOH-zan-THELL-ee

 

[Freed]

Zo-a-zan-thelly is what it is saying. I was wrong above if this is the accepted pronunciation of it.

 

[ACBlinky]

Re: Correct pronunciation of zooxanthellae?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699687#post7699687 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by facewedgie
sorry for the dumb question, but its driving me crazy.

I don't think it's a dumb question at all, and you're definitely not alone! Some of us spend so much time researching through reading, and so little time actually speaking to other hobbyists and using scientific names that when it comes time to say a name out loud it can be daunting trying to get it right. I've seen people actually skirt around having to use a scientific name at times when it would make something much clearer, and I know that (just like me) they're not sure on the pronunciation. I enrolled in Latin class when I was in university, now I wish I hadn't dropped it!

 

[Fishie Nut]

Sk8r got it right: zoo zan thel ee. That's how Eric Borneman pronounces it in CORALS.

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699831#post7699831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
ZOH-zan-THELL-ee

This is the correct pronunciation for the plural form of the word (zooxanthellae)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699696#post7699696 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrott
I believe it is zo-zanthela.

This is the correct pronunciation of the singular form of the word (zooxanthella).