The official how do you pronounce it thread

[ZoWhat]

This is a Moseleya coral

I have no idea how to pronounce it

I've heard
"muss-a-lay-a"
"Muss-zel-eye"

 

[fuelman]

..


the “is” is not pronounced like the word is but more like “es”
ten-u-is

Thanks, I have been saying it how it looks figured it was wrong.

 

[Eggs]

I also think folks on the other side of the pond say a lot of these things differently. Just watch BLUE PLANET.
@najer
Do you say conch or konk?

Konk, according to Key West fishermen and the restaurants there that serve it.

 

[EMeyer]

How I say them, and have heard some fraction of biologists say them (usually with some disagreement)

Acropora - ah CROP or ah
millepora - mill e POR ah
conch - konk
chiton - KITE on
detritus - de TRY tus
polychaete - pol e KEET (doesnt matter, since it's an invalid taxon now anyway! theyre just worms, or annelids if you need to be more specific)
Seriatopora - sar e ah TOP or ah
Pocillopora - pah ce LOP or ah
Nudibranch - **** e BRANK
Nematode - NEM a toad (this one is 50:50 with NEEM a toad)

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How about, "words I know how to pronounce but still can't?"

Acropora spathulata. For some reason my brain insists on saying spatchulata. Every time.

 

[saltyhog]

You would think there would be some consistency between how you pronounce acropora, millepora and pocillipora but by this list there isn't.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way about spathulata(maybe if I learned to say it right I could keep one long term!).

 

[Sea in the City]

Kole Tang
Ctenochaetus strigosus
I learned this one on a recent trip to Oahu:
Kole is a Hawaiian word and is pronounced “coal-e”.

 

[EMeyer]

You would think there would be some consistency between how you pronounce acropora, millepora and pocillipora but by this list there isn't.

You would think! Nope, not at all. And if someone tries to pronounce them the same way they sound bizarre to me. :)

Thing is, I didnt develop those pronunciations based on textbook rules, but on how I heard other biologists say them. Then later at conferences I'd hear other biologists pronounce them differently and I was like, "we don't even agree on how to pronounce these things?"

I worked in a few different systems and only saw this in corals. I bet fish people do it too though, those names are terrible.

 

[jasonrusso]

Kay-toe

Ah-crop-rah




saying Ack-row-poor-rah, just seems so labored, not smooth, where as Ah-crop-rah rolls right off the tongue.


Chay-to or Chee-toe - bruh, I didnt know Frito Lay got in the macroalgea game. lol


Conch = I'll Conk you on the head if you exaggerate the "ch" at the end one more time !! lol


What do you call a tree branch after it looses all of its leaves in winter?
It's a nudibranch ! :oops:

Nudy- bronc ? correct? ?




And yes, this will be a fun thread as long as everyone can keep a sense of humor :p

Lord of flies said "con -CH"

 

[jasonrusso]

Funny about sicce. I always wondered how to pronounce it until I heard someone from sicce say see-chay.

I said sissy at my LFS and they laughed at me

 

[C. Eymann]

FF to 42:42 or watch the whole video, great fragging tips! lots of correct pronunciations

 

[ScottR]

I said sissy at my LFS and they laughed at me

;Hilarious “I’ll take a sissy pump please”

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Simple-tons guide to pronounce words

Cheato—spaghetti stuff.
Acropora— colorful stick thing I will kill in 12 hours
Thule—expensive bike rack for m car
Porsche.. the car you wish you had
Gaz or gas. Philly folks know
Cray-on or crown. Colorful wax sticks from the restaurant
Conch -conk. Those things in key west they make fritters with

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

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Latin is a language, as dead as dead could be. First it killed the Romans, now it's killing me!
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Latins not that bad if you actually know how to say the diphthongs. I guess that easy for me to say though. When in doubt just remember that ae makes a long I :P.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

I’m pretty sure that chaeto is pronounced Ky- toe

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Is there a wat to merge threadsL #MODS

Another member, can’t recall his name, had something like this going.. I think he goes by @ScottR but that can’t be right, anyway

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-do-you-pronounce.609586/

 

[HotRocks]

Is there a wat to merge threadsL #MODS

Another member, can’t recall his name, had something like this going.. I think he goes by @ScottR but that can’t be right, anyway

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-do-you-pronounce.609586/

There is but generally we would only merge threads by the same OP.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

There is but generally we would only merge threads by the same OP.

What makes it official. I don’t know who to follow? So confused, :p

Edit, I’m kidding as I always do,

 

[ScottR]

What makes it official. I don’t know who to follow? So confused, :p

Edit, I’m kidding as I always do,

It’s ok you’re confused. You keep confusing the awesome Scott (me) with the not-so-awesome Scott (you). :p

 

[Evan28395950]

How do you guys pronounce betta? I say bate-ah

 

[KrisReef]

It’s ok you’re confused. You keep confusing the awesome Scott (me) with the not-so-awesome Scott (you). :p

@Mastiffsrule @ScottR

How pronounce SKcOUGHT?

Sa Caught?

You guys got me all confused :)