pet peeve

I'll spend the extra 1/10th of a second and 1/10,000th of a calorie to type/say the third syllable. I don't see it so much as making me sound smart as *not* making me sound otherwise.

ok, now you are *really* doing something wrong if you pronounce 'zoa' with 3 syllables. :rolleyes: :rollface:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9466804#post9466804 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryansholl
There's a nice one in Omaha, and I drive by Des Moines' every time I go to the airport.

Zoa or Zoo ?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9462312#post9462312 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by timrandlerv10
a coke is a coke. if i ask for a coke, and you say 'sure' and bring me a pepsi, we're gonna have an issue...

Huge ditto. At least around here when I ask "Do you have Coke?" and they reply "No. We have Pepsi. Is that alright?" They've started acting like they care, but haven't figured out that if I have a reason to ask then it's not alright.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9464330#post9464330 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by KafudaFish
I hate when people capitalize a species name. I know it is a small thing but it is improper use of the scientific name.

They don't italicize it either, sigh. I'm with you on that one. My lab students would lose a point for each ID for not italicizing or capitalizing the wrong part.
 
I use zoa as a general term because it is short for zoanthid, not to sound smart (another general term for zoanthid like corals)-I just like to be as correct as possible. Zoo may be what some call old school, but if it is an abbreviation for zoanthid, where does the extra o come from:rolleyes:. But to each his own on that one. The difference doesn't bother me at all.

If we want to get on pet peeves, one I try not to preach on too much (especially since no one seems to care), but admit I'm a nazi on is Zoanthus sp. vs Palythoa sp. Larger polyp size does not mean it is a Paly... Very few of what we have are actaully Palythoa sp... I've typed the difference too many times, so I've decided ignorance is bliss and to stop...
 
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how about Zo? like short for alonzo?

its short
its not zoo
it could be zoanthid
its not pepsi
its not on the closet floor

can we all be happy with that?
 
ever hear the one about the dixie belle visiting harvard?

she asked 'wheres the library at?'

the yankee responded, 'we dont end sentences in prepositions here.'

the belle replied, 'wheres the library at, b!tc#?'

we better stop or this thread will end up getting split...

:)
 
In my geography and planning class, we viewed a chart that shaded all the areas of the United Stated, where "carbonated beverages" were called differently. The South, all the way to Texas, says, Coke. Now that bothers me because if I go into a restuarant and ask for a coke and they say what kind of coke, I assume, diet, regular, and maybe vanilla. I do not get Coke, to mean Dr. Pepper. The midwest does refer to pop, and the east, mainly calls it soda. Can't remember the majority of the west, I think they call it soda. It is all an interesting geographical concept. Maybe one should do a study about where people call the "Z" word differently. I will pay for the funding. :D
 
yea, we call them root beer floats or whatever "pop" is added. But, we usually call them floats instead of that other pop word. I hate the treats, honestly, pop and ice cream equals vomit.
 
what is 'pop' in pop and ice cream? OH...you meant coke. is that root beer coke?

if you're paying in zos, i'll do the research.

(zos...like yesses and 'nos')
 
I just wish all of the other threads would get 3 pages of responses for every question posted. I have been growing zoas for a very long time, me personally, it doesn't make a differences at all in this forum what they are called. I am more concerned with husbandry, proper lighting, flow, diease prevention, problem solving, helping, sharing, listening and learning.

When you click on the Zoanthid forum to come here and you see the word Zoa, I simply can't believe that anyone of resonable intelligence couldn't figure it out. I mean absolutely no disrespect whatsoever to the reefer who started this thread. I just think there are far bigger zoanthid and Palythoa related issues to tackle.

For the record, I refer to them as Z's, zoas and zoanthids. I refer to Playthoas as P's, palys and palythoas.

Just my 2 cents.

Mucho
 
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