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Thread: How do I pronounce?
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05-30-2008, 01:26 AM #1
birdlover
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How do I pronounce?
Thought I would start a thread dedicated to those words that are pronounced different to what they look, like Cichlid = sicklid, so if you know of one, or more, put them in this thread, I will later compile a list based on the results from here.
Aquarium related words only please.My birdpage: http://featheredfriends.weebly.com/
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05-30-2008, 01:39 AM #2
Bibliophile
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Hyphessobrycon - Hi-fess'-O-bri''kon . The tetra genus.
Hemigrammus - Hem'i-gram''muss . Another tetra genus
Characins - Ka' ra sins . The family tetras and their close kin belong to.
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05-30-2008, 01:45 AM #3
so JDM
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Mbuna= Um-boon-a
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05-30-2008, 01:56 AM #4
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Posted my own thread on this particular word a while ago:
Anubias - "ah-new-bye-us"
*edit* OR "ah-new-bee-us"Last edited by invadertoast; 05-30-2008 at 02:00 AM.
Lindsay
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05-30-2008, 02:10 AM #5
Banned
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Algae= *&^%$#&*(
sorry ,couldnt help myself!
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05-30-2008, 04:28 AM #6
Tinkerbell
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betta = bet-uh (NOT bay-tah)
35 Gallon (36" Long) See my tank pics and stats: My Blog
Plants: Amazon Swords, Cabombas, Jungle Vals, Water Wisterias, Java Moss, Java Ferns
Fish: 6 Bronze Cories, 10 Harlequin Rasboras, 3 Sunset Thick-Lipped Gouramis, 4 (tiny) Keyhole Cichlids, 6 Otos, 1 or 2 Ghost Shrimp
Side effects of MTS:
65 Gallon, 10 Gallon, 29 Gallon (all empty or cycling)
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05-30-2008, 04:56 AM #7
Senior Member
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Actually, the proper (though unused) pronounciation if cichlid is seek-lid.
Everyone I've ever talked to pronounced it sick-lid though, so I go along with the ignorant masses in converstions.
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05-30-2008, 05:44 AM #8
Crew Dawg
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Floccinaucinihilipilification.. Flaw-see-naw-see-ni-hill-i-pill-i-fic-a-shun
OOOOhhhhh, fish words.
Pleco (plecostomus) = Play-co, NOT plee-co....I hate that one.
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05-30-2008, 05:55 AM #9
Tinkerbell
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Originally Posted by Drumachine09
Not pleh-co? Is this regional maybe?35 Gallon (36" Long) See my tank pics and stats: My Blog
Plants: Amazon Swords, Cabombas, Jungle Vals, Water Wisterias, Java Moss, Java Ferns
Fish: 6 Bronze Cories, 10 Harlequin Rasboras, 3 Sunset Thick-Lipped Gouramis, 4 (tiny) Keyhole Cichlids, 6 Otos, 1 or 2 Ghost Shrimp
Side effects of MTS:
65 Gallon, 10 Gallon, 29 Gallon (all empty or cycling)
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05-30-2008, 06:10 AM #10
Betta♥Fanatic.
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I pronounce Betta Bay tuh... Bet uh sounds funny to me. =] Originally Posted by MandyL
How do you pronounce Plakat?
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