Silly Question!

[jpedersen024]

?? Currently in a debate of sorts with dear friends...

So is it platy with a long 'a' sound - like plate -y.... or sort 'a' sound like splat -y ...

To me - it should be platty if rhyming with splat...

Curious to see your responses!

 

[Nevergone815]

?? Currently in a debate of sorts with dear friends...

So is it platy with a long 'a' sound - like plate -y.... or sort 'a' sound like splat -y ...

To me - it should be platty if rhyming with splat...

Curious to see your responses!

i agree with you. i pronounce platy with short a like splat would be. i hope thats it, if not i've been pronouncing it wrong along with my entire family since we knew what they were.

 

[millym]

platty as in splatty!!!
but that doesnt mean im right i did used to call cichlids 'chill lids' untill i was educated on this forum that it should be pronounced 'sick lids'

 

[Annastasia]

Play-tey is how it's always been pronounced around here, and how I have always pronounced it. It only has one 'T' and it seems if the proper way to pronounce it rhymes with splat, it should have two...

 

[neon_platy]

it's funny...i've always pronounced it platy like splat...but its same with goodeids when i first read about them on here i pronounced it like "goo"deids but then when i heard someone say it they say it like "ga"deids...if that makes any sense at all

 

[Bloo]

Yep - I've always pronounced it as in "plattie / Splatty"

Actually - why is it called "platy" in the first place ?

 

[jpedersen024]

Play-tey is how it's always been pronounced around here, and how I have always pronounced it. It only has one 'T' and it seems if the proper way to pronounce it rhymes with splat, it should have two...

Yes! This is what I was trying to say actually.. I had always thought it was play-teee. Guess that wasn't clear. Maybe the splatty platy is a UK pronunciation? Interesting responses! Maybe this should have been a poll.

 

[Nevergone815]

Play-tey is how it's always been pronounced around here, and how I have always pronounced it. It only has one 'T' and it seems if the proper way to pronounce it rhymes with splat, it should have two...

Yes! This is what I was trying to say actually.. I had always thought it was play-teee. Guess that wasn't clear. Maybe the splatty platy is a UK pronunciation? Interesting responses! Maybe this should have been a poll.

i'm in the US and pronounce it like "splat". maybe just a regional thing depending on where your from. i live in the northeast US, NY to be specific. maybe it is diferent in different parts of the country or world. like accents (sp?).

 

[Annastasia]

I live in the Northeast too. I've lived in California and New Mexico too, and everyone where I've been pronounces it like it's spelled. I guess it's the Bet-ta/Bay-ta thing of the Livebearer world.

 

[Nevergone815]

yea i have just recently pronounced betta as bet-ta, i used to call it bay-ta and still do most of the time. its a hard habit to kick