Pronunciation thread

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For me:
Um-bee
biker
dove-ee
pleh-co
 
My lfs guy pernounced bichir (*****-er), talk about a bulging eye moment:WHOA:..I thought it was bi-ceer..anyway this is a really funny thread..lol
 
oh, here's another: pacu
PAH-coo is how I say it.
I've also heard PA-coo (like "pack")
then my favorite: puh-COO
 
swede;3169711; said:
mbuna is um-BOO-nah
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when i pronounce it i usually just put a sort of mmmm before boo-nah (mmboo-nah)

what about frontosa. im sure most people pronounce it just as its written saying the "front" part just like the english word "front". however, ihave run into people who put a weird twang on it and say it (frauntosa)
 
haha this is classic.

dohv-ee, also heard dove-eye
bichir: biker
Orino: i say or-ee-no and have heard or-eye-no
 
jcardona1;3170192; said:
haha this is classic.

dohv-ee, also heard dove-eye
bichir: biker
Orino: i say or-ee-no and have heard or-eye-no
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i have never had to say it to someone aloud, but i would have definitely said (or-eye-no, or oh-rhino)

im so suprised to see so many "biker" responses.. i would have never though to pronounce it that way, (bike-ear) MAYBE.
 
:)

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.

However the correct English pronunciation is up for grabs. Several dictionaries all have their own pronunciation including the below:
bee cher
beech er
bikir
biker
bercheer
bi cher
bir chir is common in England
Also known by the common name lobed fin pike,dinosaur eel.
The name Polypterus : poly=many + pterus=fins and is pronounced po-lyp'-terus.

PRONUNCIATION(from fruitbat/Joe)
In general, a single 'i' at the end of a species name should be pronounced as a long 'i' ('eye'). For example, endlicheri would be pronounced 'end-lick-er-eye' or 'end-lich-er-eye'.
A species name that ends with two 'i's (like weeksii) would be pronounced with the first 'i' sounding like a long 'e' and the second 'i' as a long 'i'....hence - 'weeks-ee-eye'.
The correct pronunciation for Polypterus is 'po lip ter us' with many people putting the accent on the 'lip'.
Putting it all together, Polypterus ansorgii would then be pronounced: 'Po-lip-ter-us an-sorg-ee-eye'. Polypterus delhezi would be pronounced: 'Po-lip-ter-us del-hez-eye'.
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