The "How do you pronounce things" thread

[JazzMan]

Very cool thread...

All I keep picturing is that kids show I watched growing up with the two face outlines that would pronounce parts of words and then bring them together. Does anyone remember this? I think it was called the electric company but I am not sure.

 

[BonsaiNut]

On Merriam-Webster's website, you can look up a word and hear it pronouced. It definitely is "zo-ah-zan-THELL-a."

Heh Going to Merriam-Webster for pronounciation is like going to Clinton for ethics classes. It might be what some people find acceptable today, but classicists would raise their eyebrows

"th" in Latin is ALWAYS hard - like tom, tim, take, etc. There is no "th" sound in Latin pronounciation.
"ae" in Latin is ALWAYS a hard "i" - like time, site, crime, etc.

 

[Cakepro]

LOL, that's exactly why I go to English Mass instead of Novus Ordo or Tridentine Mass...yo no hable da Latin.

If there is a better pronounciation guide online, please clue me in!

Erika, I say "ap TAY zhuh." Perhaps those who enunciate more clearly would say "ap TAY see a." :eek1:

~ Sherri

 

[naesco]

Colour Ca-lore

roof Roooo-f

eh! A

 

[MiddletonMark]

I've heard of 2 different Acropora pronunciations:

Ack Ro Pora
A Crop ora

I used to be the top, but I like the bottom one better and use it now. Might vary regionally [like LFS people actually care/know much?!?] ... never mind international or scientist usage.


Like how much of the world pronounces aluminum.

Al Loo Min Eeum.

But some of them are damn tricky, and have 1 pronunciation.

Great thread

Mark

 

[greenbean36191]

gorgonian?

 

[Sting]

Down here in FL if anyone ever said con-ch you would be given a VERY funny look.

I think everyone should just be content with con-k- it's so much easier...and the correct way after all

 

[iCam]

BigDaddy, thanks for answering for me. Yes nihonjin is Japanese for "Japanese". I was outside trying to get some color in me, and I missed the post .

 

[iCam]

Example: Kodomo wa Nihonjin desu ka?

 

[Pineapple House]

gorgonian?

I've always pronounced that Gore-Go-Nian

What bugs me is not knowing whether it's capanella or capnella.

It's Capnella. I think it's pronounced just like it's spelled- Cap-NELL-ah

How about those naughty anemones - aiptasia?

I had quite a hard time pronouncing aiptasia for quite some time. I would always act like a fool whenever I said "Aiptasia." I've always heard it pronounced Aip-TAY-She-ah.

Yongei- Yon-Ghee
Platyhelminths-?
Cryptocaryon irritans- Cripe-Toah-Cary-on + Irri-Tans?

Graham

 

[Salt'n'Lime]

One I did not see


Porites = Poor-eye-tees or same Pohr-eye-tees

 

[Toutouche]

Tom- A - toe or To - mah - toe?

Pote - A - toe, or Po - tah - toe?

Oh!!! never mind, I think it was a blue dress anyway!!!!

 

[GSchiemer]

If anyone is really interested in pronounciation and derivation of scientific terms, I highly recommend the book: "Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms" by Donald Borror. Two Little Fishies used to sell this book. It's inexpensive.

Here is the first paragraph from the preface:

"One of the outstanding problems of the biologist, whether he be the beginning student or specialist, is that of understanding technical terms. The best way to understand and remember technical terms is to understand first their componet parts, or roots. To this end the various word roots, from the Latin, Greek, and other languages, that are most frequently encountered in biological terms have been brought together in this dictionary."


Greg

 

[greenbean36191]

Here's a whole list:

seriatopora hystrix
platygyra
caulastrea
kaelini
stylophora
hydnophora
turbinaria
pectinia
merulina

Maybe I will come up with some more later.

 

[naesco]

Tom- A - toe or To - mah - toe?

Pote - A - toe, or Po - tah - toe?

Oh!!! never mind, I think it was a blue dress anyway!!!!

:eek2: :eek2:

aluminum .............. al lu min E um

lieutenant.............. left ten ant

 

[gcvt]

What about nudibranch?

Is the ending pronounced like one would say 'tree branch'? Or does the ending sound like 'brank'?

 

[Rock Anemone]

When I'm at some good LFS's they always say NudiBranch as in like a tree branch. And nudi like nude-e.

Rock Anemone

 

[Toutouche]

And nudi like nude-e.

Hee, Hee!!!!!

 

[Rock Anemone]

Toutouche

Toutouche

Rock Anemone:lol:

 

[BlAcK_PeRcUlA]

how about cheatomorpha?

I say Kaeyto Moorfa