reefsrule Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Sorry but I don't want to go to my LFS and get these names wrong. Are these corals pronounced as they are spelled or do they sound different? Blastomussa xenia Link to comment
Mnesarchus Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Bla-stah-moose-ahh Zee-nee-ahh Link to comment
Jahkaya Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 How do you pronounce that? I couldn't hear that well. Say it louder. Link to comment
caja Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Jah, play nice, she has a legit question. Link to comment
blk_g20 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 nice to know...i was calling them zen-nee-ahh... Link to comment
bobioden Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 good thread.. I remember the first time I asked for a Wrasse at the LFS. The clerk didn't know what I was asking for. Link to comment
birdman204 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I was asking for some Cal-ooh-per-ah and the guy at one LFS was looking at me like i was speaking Pakistani. Link to comment
monsoon Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I'm a newbie and loving this thread.... keep them coming please! Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Aa-stray-ah or ass-tree-uh? (snails, not the coral suffixes) Link to comment
fishtankbabe Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 YES!! I've been wondering on a lot of pronunciations too! I still don't know how to pronounce wrasse. Is it wrass, like grass? Or is it wrass-E? Or something totally different? I was so happy when AF magazine did an article that taught me how to pronounce zooxanthellae! What would be really cool is if someone could compile a list of correct pronunciations for the most frequently referred to species. Oh, and I also have no idea how to say calupera. X) Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 wrasse like grass. grass, heh heh. Link to comment
Acoustic Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Here are some that people say wrong - xenia : Zen-E-uh polyp : Paul-up nessarius : Nuh-Sar-E-us cyano : sigh-uh-no Link to comment
monsoon Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Xenia: Zee-nee-ahh (Mnesarchus) Zen-E-uh (Acoustic) ??? This thread's topic would make an excellent addition to the "information" section of this site. EDIT - on second thought the Xenia pronunciation sounds like a "Zee-bra" vs. " Zeb-ra" comparison. I'll take the latter on both counts.. eheh Link to comment
darwin604 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Probably depends on what part of the planet your from too. I doubt an aussie's gonna pronounce stuff the same as a canadian (like me ). (please resist the "eh" jokes . . ) And I agree, a section on how to pronounce stuff would certainly make the average newbie like myself look like less of an idiot at the LFS. d. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 c'mon Darwin, can't we get a few in? z EH neea Po l EH p EH kro por EH Just messing with ya. While I think a phoenetic spelling might help, they have dictionaries for that and it is more bandwidth wasted in my opinon. Perhaps stickying this thread might work better. Funny thing is, you don't have to be a newbie to mispronounce. Crocea? I've heard kro see yuh, kro kee yuh, kro chee yuh and sro see yuh from seasoned vets in this game (krok sea yuh is how I say it). Link to comment
palaegic Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Anyone want to take a crack at "Corallimorpharian" or "Scleractinian"? I still don't know if it is Ah-crop-per-a or Acro-pour-a. As for the green stuff, I use Call-urpa. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Corallimorpharian: coral morph air eean Scleractinian: sklair ahk tin eean Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 My God Steve...you've made it all so clear! I'VE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW DAVE SPELLS! Link to comment
Crakeur Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I've said it before, I speak ESPIese. Link to comment
Jahkaya Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I say Crow-say-a. Weird. Link to comment
ViolentBliss Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I had an ex named Zinnia. That's how I pronounce Xenia. I used to go to pet stores with Zinnia and buy Xenias. My point? If you go to your LFS and they don't understand what you're saying because your pronounciation is crap...say it louder. Shout it. Get angry. Make the sales person cry. Pretend he's an idiot. 9 times out of 10 they'll pronounce it the same way you do in the end, because the truth is just a matter of how confident you are. Link to comment
mattie Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 gee i like this thread it makes me feel like i'm a lot younger Link to comment
msf Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I don't give much thought on how to pronounce scientific names. Bottom line is most of them are latin or ancient greek... both (for the most part) dead languages. Additionally, scientific names are pronounced differently in different languages. So if the kid at the LFS doesn't like where you put the accent in Sarcophyton, just tell them that you were edumacated in Italy- hence the different pronunciation. Link to comment
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