How to Pronounce

[FearTheTerps]

As all of us have learned or will learn, this hobby takes alot of time, patienece, and knowledge of how things work. Someone coming into the hobby can be easily overwelm with all the information out there, sorting fact from opinion. That is why its great to have communities like WAMAS to be able to learn from other people who have been in our shoes before. Hopefully this thread will help all the newbs out there, and maybe some of the old timers will learn a thing or two as well.

 

With all the different corals with keep there are tons of taxonomy names that are hard or near impossible to pronounce uunless you took latin in school. Feel free to add your own words, or ask how to say something.

 

 

 

 

Chaeto - "kay-toe"

 

Aiptasia - "app-tay-jah"

 

Caulerpa - "call-er-pah"

 

Palythoa - "pah-lee-tho-ah"

 

Zoanthids - "zoh-an-thids"

 

Acropora - "ack-roe-pour-ah"

 

Actinic - "ack-tin-ick

 

Banggai Cardinal - "bang-guy"

 

Detritus - "deh-trite-us"

 

Ocellaris - "oh-sell-lar-ris"

 

Copepod - "cope-e-pod"

 

Cerith Snail - "serith"

 

Astrea Snail - "ass-tree-ah"

 

 

 

PLEASE ADD MORE..........

[gmubeach]

I have a problem saying the second one on the list. Majanoes as well... I just go the evil little anomeees.

 

Least I can say joes juice!

[Chad]

zooxanthellae

 

zoe - zan - tell - ee

 

 

Although with any of the Latin-based names, there will be some variation (seems like it is mostly regional) because there isn't a "standard" pronunciation.

 

Also, as a fun (and amusing to me) anecdote, a friend of mine consistently miss-pronounces "pronunciation" which I always get a kick out of.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

Although with any of the Latin-based names, there will be some variation (seems like it is mostly regional) because there isn't a "standard" pronunciation.

 

I was thinking the same thing...I pronounce at least half of those terms differently than listed (though in most cases only slightly differently).

 

A couple examples:

 

Astrea - "ass-tree-ah"

I would pronounce that "ass-tray-uh"

 

zooxanthellae - zoe-zan-tell-ee I would pronounce that zoe-zan-tHell-ee (sometimes zoe-zan-tHell-aa)

 

Chaeto - "kay-toe"

I agree since it is a Greek word (I think?) that is probably a "better" pronunciation, but I mostly hear (and use) "chay-toe".

 

etc!

Edited July 6, 2011 by extreme_tooth_decay

[Guest thefishman65]

Banggai Cardinal - "bang-guy"

 

Cerith Snail - "serith"

 

Astrea Snail - "ass-tree-ah"

Oh the second word is silent on these no wonder I can never find these

 

Seriously great idea. My only suggestion is to alphabetize it so as it grows we have a chance of finding the word we need.

 

Thanks

[extreme_tooth_decay]

Oh the second word is silent on these no wonder I can never find these

 

It isn't silent, an invisible font was used.

Edited July 6, 2011 by extreme_tooth_decay

[mogurnda]

Chaeto is "key-tow." ae is pronounced as a hard e.

[bk_market]

this topic is awesome.

[dbartco]

Is W.A.M.A.S. pronounced "WHAM-ass" or WAHM-mus" or "WHAM-us"?

[FearTheTerps]

I have a problem saying the second one on the list. Majanoes as well... I just go the evil little anomeees.:)Least I can say joes juice!

 

 

Well for starters I see it spelled differently all the time, with either an A or an O. Mojano or Majano? I heard people prounounce it with the J sound like the name JAN, and I've heard people say it (although less common) with the J as an H sound like HAN (think Han Solo from star wars).

 

"Moe-Jan-Oh" or "Ma-Jan-Oh"

 

"Moe-Han-Oh" or "Ma-Han-Oh"

 

 

4 pronunications for just one word, thats why I started this thread............

[FearTheTerps]

how do you say sicce

i thought it was Sissy, not sichae

 

From the other thread. any help on this one?

[Jon Lazar]

How about Tunze? Is it toon' see or toons?

 

And is kole tang pronounced koh' lee or kohl?

 

 

The biggest question though is "says who?"

[Chad]

On kole: koh - leh

 

It is a Hawaiian word, so standard Hawaiian pronunciation applies and vowels are pronounced http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/alphabet/hawaiian.htm.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

On kole: koh - leh

 

It is a Hawaiian word, so standard Hawaiian pronunciation applies and vowels are pronounced http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/alphabet/hawaiian.htm.

 

 

If you go into a LFS and ask for a koh - leh, someone is going to point at a coke machine.

[Integral9]

based on what I found here: http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/ethaslanguages/German.gerpron.html

Tunze: Toonts-ae

[Chad]

If you go into a LFS and ask for a koh - leh, someone is going to point at a coke machine.

 

haha, true.

[Integral9]

Sicce

My Italian coworker says you say it like this: See-chea

[Der ABT]

See-chea or See-chay is how Justin told me it was pronounced....he laughed hard at my Sissy pump.

[treesprite]

Is W.A.M.A.S. pronounced "WHAM-ass" or WAHM-mus" or "WHAM-us"?

 

See other thread... it's the one that inspired this one