Snakely Speaking

[tress29]

Now that is good to know, Bet there is many others a lot of us mispronounce when spoken.

That would be me!

[guidofatherof5]

Bump.

[Steveo]

Yeah I suppose that's the problem...no true correct pronunciation...just different ways of pronouncing...although I have actually had some teachers just botching pronunciations horribly...and then you wonder how they are science teachers in the first place.

A lot of it has to do with where they were educated. I had a physics professor from Iran who was educated in England, so most of his terms were pronounced as they are in England.

[ProXimuS]

Awesome thread

I have a few pronunciation questions.

Cyrtopsis(Sir-top-sis)?
Elegans(El-e-ganz)?(Both "E" pronounced as in "fed" )
Eques(E-ques)?(Same thing with "E" in elegans)
Marcianus(Mar-see-ah-nus)?
Tetrataenia(Te-truh-tay-nee-a)?
Concinnus(Kon-sin-us)?

These are just the way I've been assuming to say it...

Maybe it's more than a few......But any help would be greatly appreciated

[EasternGirl]

I pronounce concinnus...con-sigh-nus. The others seem correct to me. Okay...here is one...with the word "herpetoculturist" is it pronounced "her-pet-oculturist" or "herpto-culturist"? And herpetologist...is it "her-petologist" or "herptologist"? I know I have more...but I can't really think of them at the moment.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

I pronounce Albino like "alb-eeno" but I've heard it pronounced like "alb-aino" (ai like in Pie).Is their a right way of saying it?

[Steveo]

her-peh-tahl-ah-gee. definitely include the second 'e' (it's a soft 'e')
al-buy-no
(at least, that's how I hear them on this side of the pond)

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Is marcianus pronounced "mark-ee-anus" or "mars-ee-anus"​?

[guidofatherof5]

I always thought it was mars-ee-anus.

[ConcinusMan]

I hope you were joking Steve. Anyway, I've always thought it was spoken like a girls name. "marcy" "ann" "us". At least that how I read it. The first clue in that one is that another name for them is "Marcy's Checkered Garter"

Well, Marnie and Emily, you're both wrong about "concinnus" but Emily is closer and I think she nailed the rest of those she listed. Don't worry 'bout it. Every single person I've ever talked to on the phone has spoken that one wrong. I don't really understand why. The correct pronunciation just happens to be exactly how it reads to me.

'Kun-sin-us' is the only pronunciation I've ever found on the web, although most of the time, a pronunciation isn't even supplied when you look it up. On this site, you can hear a related word spoken, "concinnity" if you click the "listen" button. concinnity - Definition of concinnity