How To You Pronounce

[noshybabs]

Characins,
Cichlids,
Bettas

Caould i have no idea!!!

 

[The-Wolf]

i say them the following ways
char-a-sin
sick-lid
beta (as in second letter of greek alphabet)

 

[noshybabs]

Thank you sir.

i wonder how many people read those words every day and have no idea how to say them

 

[jimbooo]

he he i've had that kind of problem loads of times. latin plant names cause me big issues and embarassment in the LFS all the time.

 

[George Farmer]

Characin = Kay - ra - sin

Everything else ok.

 

[noshybabs]

Thanks mate, Ide say this will prevent embarasment in my LFS but i doubt they know how to say it either

 

[jimbooo]

Characin = Kay - ra - sin

Everything else ok.

oops. you learn something every day! ( i thought it was kara-sin)

 

[Gnatfish]

hahaah

i thought it was..

cha-ra-cin

and a while back i though it was chich-lids lol

 

[lljdma06]

Characin = Kay - ra - sin

Everything else ok.

Didn't know you closed to a dipthong in the intial syllable in Latin? I shudder at the thought. What's funny is that despite how awefully wrong that sounds to my ears, it is probably right, though what is acceptable in taxinomical Latin is a far, far cry from what would be acceptable pronunciation in the Liturgical and Classical latin diction that I have studied. In addition, taxinomical Latin is comprised of essentially made up words using bits and pieces from Classical Latin, borrowed Greek, and then latinizing other words from other countries (Proper names, etc), so any thread of the original pronunciation goes completely out the window. Often with very humerous results. I think if we threw some Taxinomical Latin at our friends in ancient Rome, they would look at us like this.

In liturgical and classical Latin it would be "Kah rah seen" all pure vowels, no dipthongs, a flipped r, and the accent falling on the first syllable, and I still tend to pronounce taxinomical Latin in a similar fashion to Liturgical latin, making myself aware of some different vowel sounds. Or, even better, I just don't say it and point to the fish saying "That one please"

llj

 

[Miss Wiggle]

he he i've had that kind of problem loads of times. latin plant names cause me big issues and embarassment in the LFS all the time.

do this allll the time, this is the problem with researching on the web!