How to pronounce cichlid?

[graceluvsplatys]

how do you pronounce cichild?
is it like
chick-lid
or si-chilled
of what?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

sick-lid :)

[MandyL]

Yup what he said. :)

[Kaga's Kritters]

I never noticed that before. It's pronounced sick-lid, but the L is after the i instead of before it like you think it would be.

[MandyL]

No, it's spelled Cichlid.

[Drumachine09]

The guy at one of the less reputable fish stores insists they are called "sich-lyeds". Because "He has bred them for years".


What a tool.

[ladyoutlaw50]

The guy at one of the less reputable fish stores insists they are called "sich-lyeds". Because "He has bred them for years".


What a tool.

Probably the tools have fallen out of his shed!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

[Lady Hobbs]

Here we have a hard time with pronouncing cichlid and others want to whip on these latin names for plants and fish. Give me a break! I can't spell them much less pronounce them.

[cocoa_pleco]

yep, correctly its sick-lids. i used to call them shish-lids.

[Kaga's Kritters]

No, it's spelled Cichlid.

oops, lol. the original poster of this thread had it spelled wrong then, cause that is where is seen it spelled cichild. I personally never really paid much attention to the spelling, lol, i just have heard the word a million times and knew how to pronounce it. can u tell i've had a long day, lol.

[Ellen4God]

I've always wondered that!

[MeganL3985]

When I first saw the name I called them Chich-lids.....lmao, but I knew that it wasn't right so I went on a dictionary page with one of the little audio buttons that pronounces it the right way. Now I find myself frequently doing that for words I'm unsure of. :) But i'll still call Bettas "Bay-tah" lol Its just more fun to say!

[ladyoutlaw50]

When I first saw the name I called them Chich-lids.....lmao, but I knew that it wasn't right so I went on a dictionary page with one of the little audio buttons that pronounces it the right way. Now I find myself frequently doing that for words I'm unsure of. :) But i'll still call Bettas "Bay-tah" lol Its just more fun to say!

Ok silly me, but how do you say Betta?? I still say Bay-tah -- is that not right? LOL

[sandy_n]

[quote=ladyoutlaw50]Ok silly me, but how do you say Betta?? I still say Bay-tah --Name


There is often much confusion in terminology regarding these fish. So-called "Siamese fighting fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish)", B. splendens, are frequently sold in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) simply as "bettas." Fish fanciers are thus often unaware that, as of 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_of_2006), there are around 65 species classified within the genus Betta. A further source of confusion is that while the generic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus) name Betta is italicized and capitalized, when used as a common name it is usually not capitalized. [4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ahd-3) The common name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name) of Betta pugnax, for example, is thus Penang betta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_betta).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg/170px-Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg)
Siamese fighting fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish), B. splendens, is often referred to as betta in the U.S., leading to some confusion


The name Betta (or betta) is pronounced /ˈbɛtə/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation).[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ahd-3)That is, the first part is the same as the English word bet. By confusion with the name of the Greek letter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet) beta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28letter%29), the name is often pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ in American English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English), and may be misspelled with one t. The name of the genus is unrelated to that of the Greek letter, being derived from ikan bettah, in a local language in Thailand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-fishbase-0)

[smcurry83]

Wow.... my head hurts.........