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02-09-2005, 01:40 PM
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Pronunciations. . .
I have seen a few times when people would like to know how to pronounce something like scientific names of fish and what not. I thought it might be kina neat to have a thread dedicated to that. I alway see words that I have no idea how to say, so I just don't say them. Good idea or bad?
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02-09-2005, 01:50 PM
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SW has a sticky of pronunciations, we could do the same.
cichlid = sick lid
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02-09-2005, 02:13 PM
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betta = beda
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02-09-2005, 03:36 PM
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shouldn't Betta = bay-da. Thats how I say it.
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02-09-2005, 04:19 PM
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shouldn't Betta = bay-da. Thats how I say it.
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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...
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02-09-2005, 04:21 PM
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OK I'll try to correct my speach, but its going to be hard 
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Ray
90 gal
9 L. Cearuleus
5 C. Moorii
4 P. Acei
2 N. Venustus
2 I. Sprengerae
1 unidentified Mbuna
1 Peacock with a slightly deformed tail.
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02-09-2005, 04:58 PM
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tetra = teh trah
*The simplier the betta!*
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02-09-2005, 05:16 PM
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is it Mbuna = um boo na
or Mbuna = ma boo na
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Ray
90 gal
9 L. Cearuleus
5 C. Moorii
4 P. Acei
2 N. Venustus
2 I. Sprengerae
1 unidentified Mbuna
1 Peacock with a slightly deformed tail.
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02-09-2005, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by xray
is it Mbuna = um boo na
or Mbuna = ma boo na |
I believe, in the original tongue, that the former is correct, but the latter is most commonly used in North America.
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02-10-2005, 12:32 AM
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if Mbuna is in the language of swahili then every letter is pronounced
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02-10-2005, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SerLunchbox
if Mbuna is in the language of swahili then every letter is pronounced
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Kiswahili, please! :P Now don't make me hit you with a kibua!
"Mbuna" is actually chiTumbuku, and means "rock dweller".
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02-10-2005, 10:01 AM
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well then .... i am a cook/chef not a fricken language major LOL Swahili is the north american way to say it and is accepted as much as kiswahili as far as i can tell
I was just wondering cause Mbuna (i think it was) in kiswahili means river .... i work with a girl that is from the rift lake area of Africa.
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02-10-2005, 10:12 PM
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I have always said : M-buna, fwiw. No plans to stop... 8)
Betta is indeed: beda, because "bay-ta" is how you pronounce the word BETA, with one "T."
Great thread!!
Hmmm.... what else?
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02-11-2005, 07:02 AM
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I know it's not fresh-water, but
anenome--an enemy
I didn't learn how to pronounce it until I watched Finding Nemo 
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02-11-2005, 08:12 AM
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I thought it was anemone: an-em-o-nee
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02-11-2005, 10:47 AM
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Ok, I never took Latin so how do you say:
Colisa lalia
is it La- LIA with emphasis on the LIA
or
LA-lia with emphasis on the LA?
Thanks, I've been dying to know. 
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02-11-2005, 11:41 AM
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What is Colisa lalia 
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9 L. Cearuleus
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4 P. Acei
2 N. Venustus
2 I. Sprengerae
1 unidentified Mbuna
1 Peacock with a slightly deformed tail.
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02-11-2005, 12:20 PM
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DG... 
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02-11-2005, 04:30 PM
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water=die-high-dro-jenn-ox-ide 
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02-11-2005, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TankGirl
I have always said : M-buna, fwiw. No plans to stop... 8)
Betta is indeed: beda, because "bay-ta" is how you pronounce the word BETA, with one "T."
Great thread!!
Hmmm.... what else? |
It is 'bett-a'!!! 
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