How do you pronouce...?

[chesterthehero]

plee-co

pleko is for people that say "off-ten" "alu-u-minium" "ad-vert-is-ment" "ro-butt" "heighth"

 

[poly-nomial]

Plec-ko

 

[Stump]

I wouldn't call it a "nickname." It's just a shortened version of the word plecostomus. Calling a Plecostomus a "Playco" is like calling someone named Nicholas "nayk."

No... it is a nickname. There are not many plecos being sold that are true plecostomus. They are technically loricariids, not "plecos."

Also, the english 'a' and the 'e' in other languages are phonetically similar in some cases, 'a' and 'i' aren't.

Since the name is based on Plecostomus, using the latin pronunciation (which is the basis for most scientific names; the rest being greek or modified versions of either) the correct pronunciation would be........wait for it........

PLECK-O

Not a bad argument, I guess. The pronunciation of the word changes when "stomus" is dropped though.

 

[smpage]

No... it is a nickname. There are not many plecos being sold that are true plecostomus. They are technically loricariids, not "plecos."

Also, the english 'a' and the 'e' in other languages are phonetically similar in some cases, 'a' and 'i' aren't.

The example of "nicholas" was just an example of the absurdity.

Also, I would definitely say it's not a nickname. We aren't discussing whether or not all plecos on the market are true plecos, we're discussing how to pronounce the word pleco.

 

[Stump]

The example of "nicholas" was just an example of the absurdity.

Also, I would definitely say it's not a nickname. We aren't discussing whether or not all plecos on the market are true plecos, we're discussing how to pronounce the word pleco.

Was I not? Lighten up... You said it wasn't a nickname, and I disagreed.

 

[jclyde13]

Plecko, cuz it's pronounced pleckostomus.

^^^ What he said. It drives me nuts when people say/spell it "placo".

 

[jclyde13]

I wouldn't call it a "nickname." It's just a shortened version of the word plecostomus. Calling a Plecostomus a "Playco" is like calling someone named Nicholas "nayk."

Thankfully, the english language has successfully bastardized the proper pronunciation of almost everything so it really doesn't matter how you pronounce Pleco!

 

[channarox]

plee-co

 

[Otolith]

pleck-oh