Ok, so How Do You Pronounce "Quoyi"?

[naterealbig]

When you are saying Quoyi Parrot Fish....

I feel dumb when i try to say it.

Thanks!

 

[naterealbig]

Still waiting.....

 

[MERKEY]

Hmmmmmmmmm........

Koy

Like Jo Koy the comedian.

 

[naterealbig]

Woo-hoooo! I can Rest In Peace tonight! If i could rep you, i would....

 

[Thaxxx]

Quaz i

 

[ndrwater]

Koi... Like the fish..

Problem solved

 

[eatbreakfast]

Kwoy-i

 

[naterealbig]

Ok, so three different pronunciations so far....

There is only one correct way.

if i go by consensus, it's pronounced "koy"

But i need proof now. Tell me why i should believe you?

 

[Thales]

There is no correct way. Just conventions. One is that the I at the end is pronounced “eye”. Boylei is pronounced Boyle eye. Quoy eye.

 

[CheckeredPants]

You can click on any language and hear how the “e” at the end of koy seems to come and go depending on the pronunciation.

How To Pronounce Scarus quoyi: Scarus quoyi pronunciation

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[Thales]

You can click on any language and hear how the “e” at the end of koy seems to come and go depending on the pronunciation.

How To Pronounce Scarus quoyi: Scarus quoyi pronunciation

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That is a computer taking its best guesses.

 

[naterealbig]

There is no correct way.

Poppycock.

 

[Jon Fishman]

I call mine Leonard

 

[BloopFish]

The word isn't random, the "quoyi" is a Latinized the name "Quoy" from the French Zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy. I have no idea what a Latinized pronunciation of a French name would be because I neither know French nor Latin.
Check this link out that mentions that this fish is named after him:

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

A comprehensive dictionary listing all the people whose names are commemorated in the English and scientific names of birds.Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are...

books.google.com

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

The word isn't random, the "quoyi" is a Latinized the name "Quoy" from the French Zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy. I have no idea what a Latinized pronunciation of a French name would be because I neither know French nor Latin.
Check this link out that mentions that this fish is named after him:

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

A comprehensive dictionary listing all the people whose names are commemorated in the English and scientific names of birds.Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are...

books.google.com

If it is latinized, the -i at the end should be pronounced like a hard e. Like EEE. If you want a Latin explanation, the person named quoy was, I’m guessing, a man. Thus, latinization would add second declension endings to the word. The ending of the long -i would be a genitive singular then, which makes sense since it would mean “of quoy”. So, the parrotfish of quoy. Not sure if that makes sense, but it is not an “eye” sound if this word has been latinized.

 

[Awesome Dennis]

Koi

 

[mikefirefox]

Kwoyee or koyee?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I thought we figured this one out.

We have some sort of school teacher person I think @ScottR and he said it was pronounced Ki’ Nwa

 

[ScottR]

I thought we figured this one out.

We have some sort of school teacher person I think @ScottR and he said it was pronounced Ki’ Nwa

 

[Thales]

If it is latinized, the -i at the end should be pronounced like a hard e. Like EEE. If you want a Latin explanation, the person named quoy was, I’m guessing, a man. Thus, latinization would add second declension endings to the word. The ending of the long -i would be a genitive singular then, which makes sense since it would mean “of quoy”. So, the parrotfish of quoy. Not sure if that makes sense, but it is not an “eye” sound if this word has been latinized.

Names are different. C. boylei is pronounced Boyle-eye. X greenei is pronounced Greene-eye.

Poppycock.

Do you pronounce it Acro-pour-ah or a-crop-or-ah? pocillopora point of sale-ill-o-pour- ah or pocil -op-or-ah? They are all fine. They are all 'correct'.