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mermaidwannabe

01-12-2011, 11:29 PM

RICCIA.

Is it "Ris-see-ya", or "Rik-kee-ya", or "Rich-ee-ya", and which syllable is accented?

Just curious ...

-- mermaidwannabe

KatzeSlaugen

01-13-2011, 03:14 AM

according to a quickly googled online text to speech program its "ri-sha".
although it also said erythromycin is pronounced "er-tho-mie-zen"

someone who actually knows will have to answer as i havent the slightest clue

ILuvMyGoldBarb

01-13-2011, 03:25 AM

I've always pronounced it RIK-kee-ya, but that doesn't mean much, I may have it wrong as well.

Katze, very few drugs are pronounced the way they are spelled. LOL

KatzeSlaugen

01-13-2011, 04:53 AM

hahaha it actually got a lot right, i played with it for close to 20 min to get an improper pronunciation. it actually even said phenylketonuria correctly, which impressed me quite a bit.

wouldnt everything be easier if it was all spelled phonetically!

dbosman

01-13-2011, 08:53 PM

wouldnt everything be easier if it was all spelled phonetically!

I don't know.
Oh, wate, I don't no.

KatzeSlaugen

01-13-2011, 08:58 PM

I don't know.
Oh, wate, I don't no.
el oh el. sarkasum towards mi sarkasum!

SunSchein89

01-13-2011, 09:10 PM

Just learn spanish :wink:

korith

01-15-2011, 04:31 AM

This plant comes up in our monthly plant auctions a fair bit, over the last two years I've heard it being pronounced all those ways you mentioned. Rik-kee-ya is how i say it.

It's always fun to see people trying to pronounce the latin names of plants/fish.

mermaidwannabe

01-15-2011, 05:01 AM

So, which syllable is accented?

aquariums+me=happy

01-15-2011, 07:58 PM

lol...... I don't even know how to pronounce cichlids.....

Red

01-15-2011, 08:10 PM

lol...... I don't even know how to pronounce cichlids.....

sick-lid
:)

ILuvMyGoldBarb

01-15-2011, 09:09 PM

lol...... I don't even know how to pronounce cichlids.....

According to one guy I talked to it's Chick-lit. :hmm3grin2orange:

...but, Red has it right. LOL

Artificial

01-15-2011, 11:45 PM

Chincillas seems to be the most popular way cichlid is pronounced by customers at a LFS.

aquariums+me=happy

01-16-2011, 03:27 AM

Ive been saying chik-lids.....lol

korith

01-16-2011, 06:36 AM

according to dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cichlid

pronounced sik-lid
also if you click on that link, you hear the word being said.

mermaidwannabe

02-01-2011, 04:54 AM

And we still don't know how to say "Riccia" ...

-- mermaid