Pronunciations. . .

[Unicorrs]

I enjoyed reading the pages here! Very informative.
I used to pronounce cichlid = CHICK lid.
LOL!
I'm going to read more

[maxwellag]

I used to pronounce cichlid "chich-lid" .... haha

[mfdrookie516]

I've come across several pronunciations that I wasn't expecting.
The two I was farthest from are

Koralia - Kor al ya
Tunze - Tune zee

[octember123]

Hemianthus callitrichoides looks nice.

[maxwellag]

What about Fluval? "floo-val" or "floo-vul"? LOL.

[tamtam]

this thread is cracking me up. I've argued with my hubby for years about Betta. He nagged me constantly about it being Bay-ta. I just gave up because really, I'm horrible with words anyway and figured he was right... but oh no! I'm so gonna stick it to him. He's a gamer so I'm sure it's just in his "blood"

[maxwellag]

Originally Posted by Sara

Nope! Despite that fact that "bay-da" seems to be the way 99% of people pronounce it, the proper way is actually "bed-a", as RogerMcAllen said...

Just because one person said it doesn't make it correct... IMO both ways are correct.

[Uncle Dirty]

Potato, potato......tomato, tomato........oh wait, that doesn't work in a text! lol

[Chiroptera]

Originally Posted by Uncle Dirty

Potato, potato......tomato, tomato........oh wait, that doesn't work in a text! lol

Poh-tah-toe vs Poe-tay-toe. You could get really country with it and just type "'Dem taters."

I struggled with Cichlid for the longest time. I went to the petstore, turned to my friend, and started ranting out pronunciations until it sounded right. "Chichlid? Chiclid? No, that's gum, right? Sickclid? Sichlid? No, that sounds like a disease." I think the associate was making fun of me.

[bud29]

I've always pronounced platy 'playtee' but I heard on guy pronounce it 'plattie.' Which is right?