plecos in the news

[Brhino]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/160046680...ylist_id=86861

couple things... first, the professor they're interviewing pronounces it "PLEE-CO". I've always thought it was "PLECK-O". Hmm.

Also he claims that they can breath air... I know that's true to varying degrees with a variety of fish but I've never heard that about plecos.

[Rue]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/160046680...ylist_id=86861

couple things... first, the professor they're interviewing pronounces it "PLEE-CO". I've always thought it was "PLECK-O". Hmm.

Also he claims that they can breath air... I know that's true to varying degrees with a variety of fish but I've never heard that about plecos.

I'll watch later...but I'm a prof (albeit part-time)...and I say Pleck-o...because it's short for plecostomus...and I don't see why that's a long e...

[Trillianne]

Well according to How J Say.... it is a hard E

Link that will read the word aloud:
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?wor...&submit=Submit

[Rue]

It is a hard e??? LOL...good thing I don't teach English...

Er...then shouldn't it be Pliecostomus...or pleicostomus...or something like that? No...probably not... I think I'm mixing Latin with German...and something else entirely...

However, I will not change my pronounciation...

[Rue]

WAIT! Go up one to 'plecoptera' (now there's one I do know...and love...)...in this case he says both 'plee-coptera' OR 'pleck-optera'

I assume the same will then go for plecostomus...

Because now I'm doing Greek...and it's come to an either/or issue...

Ha...I'm just slow on the uptake...I'll figure it out eventually (er, with help from the smarter people around me)...

[pjaldave]

It's like the pronunciation of 'either'. Go ahead with that. Lol

Anyways, in the video he has the fish out the water too long. Even the fish can breathe air, he should've known that they aren't supposed to be out of the water for that long.

[Surfdog]

It's his southern Accent causing him to say it that way is my belief. Having lived in Florida I got very used to it, my favorite is still fire, or as they say down south Phaaar...

[patinthehat]

now dont be makin fun of how we talk down here in the south. got a phaaar outside that needs tendin to.

[ScottishFish]

Wow, he just pulled that Pleco out like it was a rubber bathtub shark Anyone else expect the fish to thrash about a bit??

[PhillipOrigami]

I thought cories were the 'armored catfish'...
And since when do plecos breathe air?