Pronunciation of "Bichir"

[Darth Scohin]

If someone called one a "biker" in front of them I would probably laugh in their face. Not to be mean, but I just dont see how it could possibly be said that way.

And I do the same when people dont say biker....Honestly it is up for grabs and perhaps we should hear the word "Whip" in Egyptian or something and call that dandy...Bichir is the latin species name for Polys so I like classic latin phonetics where "c" is always "k"

 

[tokyogasmask]

Hope this helps...

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/ask/bichir.html

 

[hoyapac1]

I usually stick with the French pronunciation 'besheer'. I mostly use that because some tool at a chain pet store kept telling me what fish I could and could not mix. He kept saying 'beacher' so I hit him with some knowledge that it was originally discovered by the French and pronounced 'besheer'. Haha, more me being stubborn.

Great link tokyogasmask!

 

[Egon]

I asked this same question on a local forum...

I got this quote online:

WHY BICHIR?

When Europeans (French) discovered the genus Polypterus in 1809 it had already been known along the Nile since the time of the pharoahs. The local peoples referred to them as bichirs (unknown pronunciation and spelling). While unable to come up with an exact meaning for the word it was most likely a descriptive term (''whip'' has been suggested) for this type of fish.

The French most likely pronounced it as phonetically as possible to the orginal native word and came up with bee-sheer as a pronunciation and spelled 'bichir'. Since this would be the name of these fish for
several years until they were scientifically described and put into the proper family it became an accepted common name. QUOTE]


Here's the problem........ The French trying to be scientific If you want some cheese, maybe some wine…. Oh yeah, go with French made/developed! Engineering or science…… the French always mess up.
Google: Maginot Line

 

[Moloch]

I say buy-sher, my wife says *****er because she thinks its funny

At the LFS I end up having to call them dinosaurs anyways (only LFS I have for FW being petsmart)