How do you...

[tebstan]

How do you pronounce "zooxanthellae" ?

[neogenix]

slowly :)

Here's the wikipedia way : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooxanthella -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English (you can decode the first line with the second link)

[Mr Cob]

There are many more that we all mispronounce time and time again....I posted a thread awhile back but never continued it:

http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?49520-Pronunciations-for-our-hobby...&highlight=pronounce

[ErikH]

zoo, zan, thee, lay

at least thats how I pronounce it! :)

[Reefer4ever]

I pronounce it: zoo-zan-theh-lee

[Neptune@gabesfish]

zoo, zan, thee, lay

at least thats how I pronounce it! :)

Thats how we have always pronounced it..

Side note Im still laughing at that video...

[ErikH]

LOL forget Chris in a bikini! I got him nakey! HAHAHAHA. It's so funny, and seemingly appropriate for the timeframe.

[ErikH]

Oh sometimes I say ZOOKS instead.

[Bill S]

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=zooxanthellae

[txav8r]

Lol Gabe and Erik!

[coffey]

I pronounce it zoe zan tell lee ? most think I am talking chinese

[ErikH]

Bill that guy doesn't say it in American English :p

[Bill S]

Erik, sometimes... LOL. (Now Erik is gonna say "how about in Texan English")

How about THIS one:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?zooxan09.wav=zooxanthellae

[Mr Cob]

the funny thing is...I know how to say most of these because I spent a lot of time figuring out the correct ways but I still say what everyone else says because I got tired of people correcting me or looking at me funny when I would say it the right way. They seem to snob you quickly when you know something.

Kind of reminds me of Hawaiians and speaking pigeon...don't you dare say "three" in hawaii...it's "tree"!

I'm not into debating stuff that doesn't matter....so even though Chaetomorpha is keetamorfa I still say cheetos...lol.

[Andrew]

i say Zoox for short, or Zo-zan-thelley :)

[ErikH]

zoa zan thelly

say it ten times fast!

[tebstan]

the funny thing is...I know how to say most of these because I spent a lot of time figuring out the correct ways but I still say what everyone else says because I got tired of people correcting me or looking at me funny when I would say it the right way. They seem to snob you quickly when you know something.



That's how I am with the word "conch." I know how to say it... I just can't bring myself to say it that way out loud. Sounds... odd. And a little wrong.

[cbianco]

I've alway said...

zoo zan thel e (long e at the end)

as with most scientific pronunciations, I'm probably saying it wrong.

Christopher:)

[ErikH]

conk

[tebstan]

conk

Yup. Weird. :D

[ErikH]

yes, yes it is. Kinda like Lovelli. How is that pronounced? I remember Jeremy used to say lovely eyes! I always say Love ell I

[ballardjr2000]

I just stick with zoos, gave up awhile back.