The official how do you pronounce it thread

[MombasaLionfish]

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

kinda want a thread of just videos of people saying this fish’s name lol

 

[Reefbox66]

Heres a can of worms openned! You guys aren't even taking into account local accents or inflections. I am from Australia and we say things a little differently

 

[Phildago]

Ponape birdsnest

I say po-nah-pee
But do other say po-nape?

 

[flsalty]

The p is silent in Psammocora.

 

[ZoWhat]

NEPTUNE [nep-toon]

Roman mythology, counterpart to Greek mythology Poseidon.

The god of extremely high priced aquarium monitoring equipment.



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[homer1475]

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

kinda want a thread of just videos of people saying this fish’s name lol

Tanked(yes that god awful tv show) actually taught me how to pronounce this one.

Hooma - hooma - ooka - ooka - a - poo - a - ow

Before I learned to pronounce it, it was just a wierd looking trigger, or the state fish of Hawaii.