How do you pronounce certain aquarium terms?

[uall8up]

Right on!!! LOL

Good thread I always just kinda mumble through the words when talking to more knowledgeable people haha
But I think we are raising more questions than answers lol

 

[WesF]

I'm still not calling them mon-tip-rahs...everyone would look at me like I was speaking gibberish.

Or they will feel silly for saying it wrong all that time. One of the local coral farms pronounced it the correct way and I thought to myself "Oops, I have been saying it wrong. I am such a newb."

 

[uall8up]

The hardest one for me is Anemone, just can't pronounce it right!!!

 

[WesF]

The hardest one for me is Anemone, just can't pronounce it right!!!

My brain always wants me to say Amen-o-me

 

[ritter6788]

Here's the Borneman video. He answers a lot of the questions asked here. It's long but if you've never seen it, it's worth watching.

borneman Coral Fragging Techniques | REEFFLIX | THE LARGEST REEF AQUARIUM VIDEO SITE ON THE WEB!

 

[Chameleon]

liked that video a lot

 

[SnoQ]

oops I always say toons...lol

That's what I've always said too. I have Chaeto down the right correctly (at least I think) but Tunze definitely threw me off.

 

[STL]

How about Kole, as in Yellow Eye Kole tang? Since Kole is a Hawaiian word, I've been saying it "Ko-lee", but I've heard it pronounced "coal" as well.

 

[hifisch]

just a reefer

A CROP ORA and AHC CRO PORA The way one pronounces it tells others if you are a scientist or just a reefer. Dose it really matter? As long as we know what we mean when we say it. Its all good and besides that you'll here the mumble from LFS owners. Hey is that a crop ora #4 hair cut?

 

[kes]

lol before I saw the post, I was going to say chaetomorpha. Everyone says 'cheeto', so I have to say it sometimes just to keep the conv going lol, but often, I do correct them.