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I frequent Planet Catfish to satisfy my cory urges. The one thing I really like that they have that here doesnt is a pronunciation key, breaking the word down phoenitacly. Lots of us guess at it, most of us get it wrong. Just a thought.

Chris

That's an interesting idea chris.

In the works at present is a Glossary of terms, some specific to loaches that will include the terms that we have coined here and are gaining wider acceptance.

Pronounciation is something that's come up in posts before.

How do I say Botia?

Bo-tee-ah

Sewellia?

I say it Soo-well-ee-ah....anybody else?

Pseudogastromyzon?

Soo-dough-gas-tro-my-zon

Homaloptera?

Hoe-mah-lopt-err-ah.

You get the idea.

Martin.

I thought Botia was Bo-Shah...

Latin is a little like Japanese in basic rules of syllabic pronuciation. That's why Yasuhikotakia works so well in Latin, IMO.

Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata

Yassoo-hick-oh-tar-key-ah......cord-i-punk-tate-er

I still can't get my head round the spelling though. Have to look it up every time.

Martin.

angelfish83 wrote:I thought Botia was Bo-Shah...

WRONG!

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:

angelfish83 wrote:I thought Botia was Bo-Shah...

WRONG!

Martin.

Well now I know's better

They give them such difficult names that's the thing...

Shhhh....I would keep a Sick-lid on that one.

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:Shhhh....I would keep a Sick-lid on that one.

Martin.

I've also heard Kitch-Lid quite frequently, and Pell-co...
There's too many more to remember but some funny ones...

I think I told you this but I've actually heard "how do you water the plants" and "How do the fish drink"...



And then there was the "I thought the bag just had to be damp like for plants..."

Yassoo-hick-oh-tar-key-ah......cord-i-punk-tate-er

Really??? Where you gettin them arrs from?


Ya soo hi koh tak ee yah caud ee punk ta ta

Very phonetic already is latin...

Sewellia?

Hmmm..........Sir well ee ahh

I often just say the words fast and then, they say "which one?"

You know! The rare yellow and black Hill-stream loach from Vietnam.

Sorry to drag up an old thread (very old!) i had a question but this answered one and i wasn't sure if i should make a new thread or just bring back this Zombie...

But Gastromyzon... Would that be Gass-tro-my-zon or Gass-trom-uzon?

The first one.

Concur. The answer is actually in my first post in the thread. Just drop the Soo-dough

Dragging up old threads is cool. It means that you are searching through the "undead" in the archives. Lots of NOS in there (Neat Old Stuff).

Martin.