Pronounciation Help Please
- Thread starter jungledriver
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Well at least your LFS know what a bichir is. I tried saying bir chir and the LFS owner was giving the :WTF: look...
In the end, I gave up and just say I was looking for "those snake like, eel type of fishes" and he was like "OH WHY DIDN'T U SAY SO?" and directed me to a tank with senegals and ornates
In the end, I gave up and just say I was looking for "those snake like, eel type of fishes" and he was like "OH WHY DIDN'T U SAY SO?" and directed me to a tank with senegals and ornates
LOL....good thread.I doubt if most of the fish catchers in the stores around here even know what a characin is.Bichirs are known as poly-eels.Spiritofthesoul;4868811; said:
Spiritofthesoul;4868811; said:
I got the same reaction, of course I was,and still do, call them a
"b-i-t-c-h-e-r", lol. "Poly" usually clears it up though.
*****er is what I used to say also. But it never felt right. While i am at it, how about Managuense? This is another one that I've never figured out.
I've been way off on that, calling it a "Mang-a-neese" lol. I rarely call it by that, unless I'm trying to sound smart around people who know nothing about fish, because they can't correct me.
Years ago,when I was working in a pet store a coworker would say it as you did.I was fairly new with fish names back then so I was in no position to correct him even though I thought he was incorrect.But I did know that manganese was some type of mineral.eatingleg4peanut;4869092; said:
