pronounciation

[royalshrimp]

how do you pronounce "nassuirous" snails????

 

[royalshrimp]

okay thanks

 

[royalshrimp]

yeah hooked on phonics is great

 

[birdy]

This brings up an interesting subject for me. I read a lot about saltwater aquariums online and in books and magazines, then when I go to the LFS to ask for something or I talk to another reefer in person about something. I end up feeling like an idiot because I am prounouncing something completely wrong.

 

[daniel411]

Originally posted by royalshrimp
yeah hooked on phonics is great

Me too! "An-enemy" ya know.. that thing with tentacles!

 

[fishman830]

how about aptasia?

 

[midwest reefer]

I had some trouble with the lights... I hear some people say actinics with a silent c, such as a-tinics. Then someone calls it acktinics, pronouncing the c, and I feel like a moron as well.
Also, Ive heard people say halide and Ive heard people say haylide. :notsure:

 

[birdy]

Thanks JW- I kinda like it, I am thinking about blowing up the original in an 8x10, They were only about 5 1/2lbs when that was taken, They are now three weeks away from their first birthday and tearing the house apart on a daily basis lol!
Here is the actual picture, if you look close enough, they are screaming their heads off, not happy about the photo op.

 

[birdy]

midwest reefer-
That is one that threw me also. I have heard it both ways too.

 

[gregvabch]

yeah, i still can't pronounce aptasia...maybe not even spell it right for that matter i can spot it in a tank pretty good though

 

[leopard_babe]

I bought an angel the other day. i think I said its name wrong everytime. Eibli
pronounced
eb-lee-eye
Just like it looks, but for some reason it just never came out right. :thinking:
I like this thread. I can't ever pronounce fish things right.

 

[azguy]

how about refugium??? :notsure:

 

[royalshrimp]

ref-you-gee-um

 

[royalshrimp]

oh kip!! ive been meaning to ask you... you were the one who posted the thread about fragging blue shrooms right?? if so what kind of glue did you use???:notsure:

 

[lovethesea]

anemones--?? an-a-moe-knee :notsure:
I know how to say it but try to tell someone else

 

[j21kickster]

anemone
= a-nem-o-nee is how you say it there are a lot of people who say
a-nen-o-mee

 

[j21kickster]

zo- zan- tha- lae

 

[misty927]

Fish-ee. Now that's a hard one.

 

[j21kickster]

Originally posted by Kip4130
zo-ah -zan - thellie
where are you getting the "ah"

 

[007]

actually I believe that the "x" is silenet so it would be
zo- an- tha- lay