Pronunciations. . .

[Meredith]

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?

 

[Menagerie]

SW has a sticky of pronunciations, we could do the same.

cichlid = sick lid

 

[RogerMcAllen]

betta = beda

 

[xray]

shouldn't Betta = bay-da. Thats how I say it.

 

[Sara]

shouldn't Betta = bay-da. Thats how I say it.

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...

 

[xray]

OK I'll try to correct my speach, but its going to be hard

 

[Jchillin]

tetra = teh trah

*The simplier the betta!*

 

[xray]

is it Mbuna = um boo na
or Mbuna = ma boo na

 

[Toirtis]

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.

 

[SerLunchbox]

if Mbuna is in the language of swahili then every letter is pronounced

 

[Toirtis]

if Mbuna is in the language of swahili then every letter is pronounced

Kiswahili, please! Now don't make me hit you with a kibua!

"Mbuna" is actually chiTumbuku, and means "rock dweller".

 

[SerLunchbox]

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.

 

[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?

 

[shawmutt]

I know it's not fresh-water, but

anenome--an enemy

I didn't learn how to pronounce it until I watched Finding Nemo

 

[TankGirl]

I thought it was anemone: an-em-o-nee

 

[Nippyfish]

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.

 

[xray]

What is Colisa lalia :?

 

[tetrin]

DG...

 

[Frank_the_Tank]

water=die-high-dro-jenn-ox-ide

 

[Toirtis]

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'!!!