How Do You Pronounce Riccia?

[LucyHurst]

lol. This has been annoying me, I keep saying it two different ways in my head and one of them must be wrong!
So do you say it like Rick-ee-ah, Riss-ee-ah, or like Rick(or Riss)(consentrating on the CK part)-ia, or Rick-(consentrating on the EEE-AH part) ee-ah?? I hope that makes sense!

 

[Themuleous]

Haha Ive wondered the exact same thing myself! I tend to sat rice-cia

 

[Jen]

due to laziness I tend to say ricca (rick-ah) I drop the second 'i' for whatever reason.

 

[Bloo]

Rick-ee-ah

That's the way I pronounce it Rightly or wrongly

 

[jarmado]

reesshaa...
to me

 

[MoreCoffee]

Well like x-Lucy-Fish-x and Bloo, I usually go with Rick-ee-ah

....... But until I find out for sure I think I'll just got with Crystalwort





Mr G

 

[LucyHurst]

so no one really knows then! Glad im not the only one I used to say rick-ah too, but that was before i even realised there was an 'I' in it

 

[oldwhitewood]

I would also like to know myself, I have always said Rick ee ah

 

[Ginge]

I say it R E C A. Ree-Ca

 

[craynerd]

haha, me too .

I say Rick-ee-ah.

Rick-i-a

 

[Moose]

The town in Italy with the same name is pronounced: Rich-e-a

 

[danski]

hmmmmmmmm..now im confused..
i say
reach..e....ahh

 

[jpedersen024]

hmmmmmmmm..now im confused..
i say
reach..e....ahh

I'm with you.... my Italian friends are Ricci... pronounced Reach-ee..... so it all makes sense to me.

 

[Moose]

Marrion Webster's Unabridged dictionary says:

Main Entry: ric·cia
Pronunciation: 'richēa

\r\ as in red
\i\ as in hit
\ch\ as in chin
\Ä“\ as in easy
\a\ as in abut


: a genus (the type of the family Ricciaceae) of floating liverwort resembling duckweed....

 

[LucyHurst]

ooh Thanks Moose, lol turns out most of us where wrong then.
So is it an italian plant or is that conicidence?