pronunciation

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heyfredyourhat

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Hi, this might be slightly stupid, but i feel like a noob when i go to the LFS or when i talk to ppl and i mention things like anemones, or zooanthides or tridacnids.....da da dadada

Anyways, how are these things pronounced. There are so many i cant even try to list them all.

If you have any that you can pronounce for me that would be great.
Thanks.
 
I use to think 'anemone' sounded like [an-ehm-oh-n] lol, until I was corrected by people at a LFS :lol: It is pronounced [an-ehm-ehn-eh (letter e sound)] If you can figure that out, I tryed to get it to sound like it in typing.
 
I believe zoanthids are pronounced with a "Zoe" (long o sound), not "Zoo". Zoa is a prefix for animal (Zoanthidea).
 
Ha i had trouble with Niger Trigger... Ill leave it to your imagination why i never pronounced it outloud... :)

But i believe it is a-nem-a-knee (anemone) or if you want to pronounce it like on Finding Nemo...a-na-men-ne-ne-men-o-nee
 
"Ha i had trouble with Niger Trigger... Ill leave it to your imagination why i never pronounced it outloud..."

AHAHAHAHA! Classic Texan! When I was at Texas Tech in Lubbock... People got that mixed up all of the time... AHAHAHA
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8395562#post8395562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
I believe zoanthids are pronounced with a "Zoe" (long o sound), not "Zoo". Zoa is a prefix for animal (Zoanthidea).
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The pronunciation is correct, but the prefix 'zoo' or 'zo' refers to an animal. In the case of Zoanthidea, you have a combined prefix to form the word. 'Zo'--animal; 'anth'--flower. Obviously, this is also where the term Anthozoan comes from.
 
Wow! what a great thread.
So Zoanthidea is prounounced "Zoe" (long o sound) "an -th- ids" like "squids"? or "anth- idea"
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8397398#post8397398 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Damsel13
Wow! what a great thread.
So Zoanthidea is prounounced "Zoe" (long o sound) "an -th- ids" like "squids"? or "anth- idea"
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Actually, if you are trying to pronounce Zoanthidea, the stress is on the third to last syllable, so it would be ZOH-anth-ID (as in the Wizard of Id)-ee-uh. When using the anglicized form of the word, it is just Zoanthids, zoh-ANTH-ids. Generally, when there are four or less syllables, the stress goes on the second to last syllable. When there are more than four, it goes on the third to last syllable.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8398180#post8398180 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SuperNerd
I always that chaeto was pronounced:

"kay-et-oh-morpha"
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It depends upon whether or not you are using the anglicized version of the pronunciation. In informal Latin, it would be pronounced as you have it. In our particular dialect (which will inevitably vary, as well), the 'ae' is pronounced the same a the long e (ee) sound. In informal (what I like to call 'church') latin, it would be pronounced 'ay.' Word pronunciations like Caesar are ones we take for granted, as that is not how they should be pronounced (actually pronounced Kah-aye-sahr). I try to avoid dialectic conflict by using the more latinized (yet informal) pronunciation. However, there are a few that I still use in our dialect to differentiate it from latin, the aforementioned 'ae' being one of them. The exception for me is when it is used as a suffix (because it just sounds silly to me, then). Or you could go completely crazy and use entirely latinized pronunciation, but you will be using it on a synthetic 'language', since it is not really latin that you are pronouncing--it is a scientific name. Not to mention it would sound even sillier.
 
Chaetomorpha would be
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp kee-tuh-mor-fuh
most likely to many biologists. It's
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp kie-tah-mor-puh
in more classical Latin, with "kie" rhyming with "lie", or
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp kay-ta-mor-fuh
in the Catholic church.

I use the second pronunciation most of the time. The first two vowels are always a diphthong, and aren't pronounced separately, in any scheme I've ever seen.

"Caesar" is kie-sir. :)

Zoanthidae would have the accent on the second syllable, I believe, because the "i" in the third syllable is not long.
 
Pronunciation has always been touch and go with me. Where do you put the emphasis? Are all vowels pronounced Latin even in more English based scientific names? Let's take a look at some more troubling words.

Purple Chromis (Chromis Scotti)
Well, really wouldn't the Latin name translate out to Scott's Chromis instead of Purple Chromis. Also, the pronunciation is really interesting if you use all Latin based vowel sounds. Instead of the more common "Chrome-is Scott-ee", shouldn't it be "Chome-ees Sc-oh-tee"?

Also, where would the emphasis be on things like Montipora and Acropora? Is it Mon-tipora or Monti-pora? Is it A-crop-ora or Acro-pora? Then you get into pronunciation of it as "Monn-tip-or-uh" and "A-crow-pore-uh", shouldn't it be "Moan-Tee-Pore-Ah" and "Ah-Crow-Pore-Ah"?

Personally, I try to stick with the strict Latin vowels:

A - Ah
E - Eh
I - Ee
O - Oh
U - Oo (as Loot)
 
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