That makes even more sense. Oh, the subtle differences, lol.
But I'd go with Bob, too.
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03-06-2008, 05:21 PM #21"Preparing For Fourth shed"
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03-06-2008, 05:51 PM #22Moderator
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Check the first post in this thread..... 'A' as in radical...
Originally Posted by drache
James.
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03-06-2008, 05:57 PM #23thamnophis puniceus
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LOL... isn't it funny how familiar you get with reading some words, but then one day you say them and go-- eeek--- is THAT how that sounds??!! I actually did that the other day with plain old "thamnophis"-- my friend at work Kerry, who has the brother (or sister) to my Pugets asked the name of this forum as she was pondering joining. I rolled out "Thamnophis.com" and it sounded SO odd.
I always read radix with a hard a myself. :-)
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03-06-2008, 06:02 PM #24Moderator
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So..... Physignathus cocincinus, anyone!!!
James.
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03-06-2008, 10:48 PM #25Forum Moderator
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Forget it, James. Then English language doesn't have the sounds to tackle that one. Originally Posted by adamanteus
So..... Physignathus cocincinus, anyone!!! But it's otherwise simple.
Damn, if I only knew IPA. Would be easier to explain long vowels. 
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03-06-2008, 11:36 PM #26"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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fie -sig- nath- us co- sin -sin- us ? Originally Posted by adamanteus
So..... Physignathus cocincinus, anyone!!!
The bottom line- The beauty of the internet is that there is no pronounciation required.
And as Stephan said- not like anyone else is going to know if you are wrong- they dont know either.
Just say it with confidence. People will believe you.
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03-07-2008, 12:31 AM #27Forum Moderator
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The Y-sound is different, th is pronounced t and there are two different schools of thought regarding the pronounciation of C. Some say it's always hard or a K-sound, others have rules for when it's K and when it's S. Originally Posted by Loren
Seriously, it's a dead language. We can abuse it all we want.
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03-07-2008, 12:55 AM #28"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Sounds good to me. Originally Posted by Stefan-A
Seriously, it's a dead language. We can abuse it all we want.
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03-07-2008, 01:01 AM #29Forum Moderator
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Linguistic necrophilia FTW.
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03-07-2008, 03:52 AM #30"Preparing For Fourth shed"
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And no "tongue between your teeth and lips- TH". Originally Posted by Stefan-A
The Y-sound is different, th is pronounced t and there are two different schools of thought regarding the pronounciation of C. Some say it's always hard or a K-sound, others have rules for when it's K and when it's S.
Oh, and I think it's "co- sin -kin- us" Or.. "Co! Sink in us!" hehehe Actually, that doesn't work either as the "u" sounds more like the "oo" in "look" or the "o" in "Who" (???), not the "u" in "us".
My head's beginning to spin, but keep going, this is a fantastic thread...
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