How do you pronounce.......?

[KrisReef]

The Green Hornet and who?

Be careful. If you say it wrong Kato might drop-kick you.
Trust me, you don't want Kato for anemone.

 

[Lateral72]

Cheeto. I don't care what you think it is, it'll always be Cheeto.

(Plus the dozens of other reef/fish names I purposely pronounce wrong)

 

[crusso1993]

All these proper pronunciations led me to thinking about spelling too.

How do you spell relief?

R-O-L-A-I-D-S

 

[ScottR]

All these proper pronunciations led me to thinking about spelling too.

How do you spell relief?

R-O-L-A-I-D-S

Pronunciation H!

 

[Hans-Werner]

how to actually pronounce Porsche lol

I don't know how you exactly pronounce this but I would say porsh-eh if you can pronounce it or similar porsh-a

The second link to Acorpora is pronounced like Acropolis (Greek ruins near Athens) in Germany. Correct or not? Wikipedia neither gives a pronounciation nor a meaning of Acropora.

Also the pronounciation of chemical elements frequently is funny. I have heard someone always calling strontium straw-deen-ium. He also didn't care that I responded with stron-tsee-um.

 

[KrisReef]

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The thronèd monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptered sway.
It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute to God Himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this:
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea,
Which, if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant
there.
(Porsche, it is misspelled and mispronounced reg you Larry.)
— Portia, in William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1.[1]

@ScottR
I need to get a toob of that pronunciation lip balm, lol

 

[MombasaLionfish]

I have always pronounced it kay-toe and krow-me.

 

[MombasaLionfish]

Not reef related but I want to know how to actually pronounce Porsche lol. It’s always bothered me. I don’t say the uh part at the end, sounds fruity.

I pronounce that as por-sh

 

[Sallstrom]

I don't know how you exactly pronounce this but I would say porsh-eh if you can pronounce it or similar porsh-a

The second link to Acorpora is pronounced like Acropolis (Greek ruins near Athens) in Germany. Correct or not? Wikipedia neither gives a pronounciation nor a meaning of Acropora.

Also the pronounciation of chemical elements frequently is funny. I have heard someone always calling strontium straw-deen-ium. He also didn't care that I responded with stron-tsee-um.

I think you are right about the Acropora pronunciation. Should sound the same as like Acropolis. Emphasis on the second syllable(don't know if those are the correct terms in English).
I tried to learn Latin pronunciation some time ago. But I gave up pretty fast

Btw, I've been mispronouncing Acropora for 20 years.. I say it like it sounds in Swedish!

 

[KorD]

I have found out after moving to Texas that they don't used proper words like us dang Yankees!

 

[Hans-Werner]

I think you are right about the Acropora pronunciation. Should sound the same as like Acropolis. Emphasis on the second syllable(don't know if those are the correct terms in English).

I agree. To me the meanings and combinations seem similar. Concluding from the meaning of Acropolis Acropora could mean "pore on the tip" or similar maybe refering to the axial corallite.

 

[crusso1993]

Another semi-related issue; when people say a clown fish is hosting an anemone instead of the other way around!

 

[damselindistress]

Crying ;Joyful never saw this one before

 

[1stNoel]

Here's one I was guilty of:

Pronouncing TENUIS as "Ten-ooey" (like Louie) instead of "Teh-new-iss".

 

[ScottR]

So it’s not just where I live. Everyone pronounces everything differently.

 

[Saveafish]

I call duncans, dookies. Go figure.

 

[ScottR]

I call duncans, dookies. Go figure.

So what response do you get when you say your dookie looks good today?

 

[vetteguy53081]

How do you spell farm??

E-I-E-I-O

 

[Saveafish]

How do you spell farm??

E-I-E-I-O

E-I-E-I-O watch my dookie grow.

 

[ZoWhat]