The "how do you say that?" thread!!
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GeckoHunter
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It seems like "ay-mee-ay" is a total switch around of the letters when its pronounced, but if you say it's right, I'll take your word for it
Are those "ay" said like "eye"??
re: Amyae
I pronounce it as in a girl's name: Amy A
("amy-ay")
Can anyone shed light on "milii"?
I pronounce it as "milly-eye" - is this the general accepted pronounciation?
Also, "williamsi" - Ive heard two versions of this -
1/ Williams-eye
2/ Willy-am-see
Anyone care to advise on what is correct?
Btw, interesting about the Oedura. I always pronounced it with the O, but now I shall have to change my habit and pronounce it with an E.
Interesting thread, guys. Thanks for everyone's input on this.
cheers,[/quote]
Interesting to note is that it are not Latin names we're talking about, but latinised Greek words. The root of the words is almost always Greek. For instance 'Stenodactylus' comes from the greek words 'Stenos' (thin, small) and 'Dactylos' (tow), which together should make Steno(s)dactylos. The Greek ending '-os' is substituted for the Latin '-us' to make the word fit in the Latin Grammar.
The problem here is that the Greeks pronounced words differently than the Romans did and Roman Latin differs in pronunciation from medieval (church) Latin. (f.i.: the Romans pronounced 'c' as 'k'; in church latin it is pronounced as 'ch'. the Romans pronounced 'ae' as 'ay', in Church Latin it is 'eey').
So how the words should actually be pronounced is a bit a matter of choice in my opinion.
Mark... who never thought his lessons in Latin and Greek he took a decade ago would be of any use later. 8)
Mark
The problem here is that the Greeks pronounced words differently than the Romans did and Roman Latin differs in pronunciation from medieval (church) Latin. (f.i.: the Romans pronounced 'c' as 'k'; in church latin it is pronounced as 'ch'. the Romans pronounced 'ae' as 'ay', in Church Latin it is 'eey').
So how the words should actually be pronounced is a bit a matter of choice in my opinion.
Mark... who never thought his lessons in Latin and Greek he took a decade ago would be of any use later. 8)
Mark
Hi. It was and old swedish fellow, Carl von Linné, who established the standard how we now name animals and plants. It is mainly latin and some greek to (about 40% greek). Latin is no longer a spoken language, so we do not know how it sounds, but maybe the european way of pronouncing is semi good? I have enough problem just to type it correctly.
Tobbe
PS. I was at the FIRE show in Florida in July and I missed Kathy Love. I like corn snakes.
Tobbe
PS. I was at the FIRE show in Florida in July and I missed Kathy Love. I like corn snakes.
How should Underwoodisaurus milii be pronounced? I live in Sweden (someone has to do that...) I say: Under-wood-ee-sau-rus mill-ee. I read in an old book that an english name was Mil´s gecko.
In english saurus is prounonced saw-rus, in Europe we say sow-rus. It is an interesting and fun discussion. I have enough doing just to spell the names right. By the way I just hatched two more MILL-EEE babies.
Enjoy the summer, Tobbe
In english saurus is prounonced saw-rus, in Europe we say sow-rus. It is an interesting and fun discussion. I have enough doing just to spell the names right. By the way I just hatched two more MILL-EEE babies.
Enjoy the summer, Tobbe
And what about me? I was the one who offered Hilde the nice undies as a birthday gift (als ein Geburtstagsgeschenk, das ist ja aber frech...?). But I am safe, I am on another continent. To share some more serious information with you, I now see that I have a gravid female carrying the hypo trait. She will lay her eggs within a week or so. You should have a few nice hypo Eastern miliis "over there". Do not be surprised if Hilde produce them.
All the best!
Tobbe
All the best!
Tobbe
GeckoHunter
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serpentum said:
"Under-woodi-saw-rus milly-eye" is my general pronounciation.
It can be a bit of a tricky one as some books have the second part of their Latin name spelt "milli" (which I would pronounce "milly") and others have it as "milii" with two i (which I would pronounce milly-eye).
I go by the "two i" spelling.
cheers,
Last night I was thinking about this discussion and all the differences of opinion on how to pronounce the language. Is it any wonder that Latin has died out?
So many rules, so many exceptions, so confusing.
.... and that's just the language, imagine tackling the math? MXMIX or MCMXCIX?
e.g. 499 can be CDXCIX , LDVLIV, XDIX, VDIV or ID
At least as a roman school kid, I'd have a perfect excuse for my rotten math marks.
So many rules, so many exceptions, so confusing.
.... and that's just the language, imagine tackling the math? MXMIX or MCMXCIX?
e.g. 499 can be CDXCIX , LDVLIV, XDIX, VDIV or ID
At least as a roman school kid, I'd have a perfect excuse for my rotten math marks.
GeckoHunter
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Hilde -
Going off on a tangent here, but ever noticed on some roman numeral clocks that the number 4 is often depicted as IIII instead of IV?
I have heard that this is because some people may get confused due to its location on the clock face with VI (because obviously finding the number 6 on a clock is waaay too difficult for the average person...)
Go figure...
*shrugs*
Going off on a tangent here, but ever noticed on some roman numeral clocks that the number 4 is often depicted as IIII instead of IV?
I have heard that this is because some people may get confused due to its location on the clock face with VI (because obviously finding the number 6 on a clock is waaay too difficult for the average person...)
Go figure...
*shrugs*