pronunciation of scientific names

[RAZZ-MCFC]

anybody know anywhere i can go to find out all the correct ways to pronounce the scientific names?

cheers

[David L]

I've always found that with inverts you 'say it as you see it'

Poe - sil - oth - er - ee -ah
Gramm -a - stohl -ah
Brakk - ee - pelm - ah
P(i)t - eh - rinch - ee - lus
Ah - vic - yule - ah - ree -ah

(P) Sahm - oh - pee - hus
Hap - loh - pel - mah

If you cant get one 100% correct, make it up... I do


they are multi syllablic, but not too difficult.

[RAZZ-MCFC]

is the poe in poecilotheria said like pee?

[tarantulamatt]

lol i make them up at bit too i can say most but theres one i really cant say

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens lol

[GRB]

Originally Posted by tarantulamatt

lol i make them up at bit too i can say most but theres one i really cant say

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens lol

"lol" being a new subspecies right?

Cro* - mat - a - pelma cyan - o -pew-beh-sens

*With an "o" sound like in "Crow".

There's not really meant to be a correct way to pronounce because we don't know how to pronounce latin where some of the words come from (mixed with greek and others to make it easy ). Then again, there are definitely ways to pronounce them that take precedence so that you avoid looking like a noob when you are talking to more experienced researchers / hobbyists. All part of the fun really!

It could be worse, working on Tetragnathids you could encounter Dolichognatha quadrituberculata...

[Chaika]

I tend to pronounce scientific names in an English way, so all of the letter combinations sound as they would if they were in an english word. There's probably no correct way of doing it so as long as people understand what species you are talking about then I don't think it really matters

Originally Posted by GRB

There's not really meant to be a correct way to pronounce because we don't know how to pronounce latin...

I used to think that but after looking it up recently and I'm beginning to think that this is a bit of a myth... Check this out:
http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf
How to Pronounce Latin

[Pleco07]

Not sure about there being a correct way of saying them as each person says words differently but when I started in the hobby, I just watched a load of decent youtube videos. They at least give you an idea of what the words sound like, so you can kind of get a grasp on them

[iiisecondcreep]

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/spide...n-meaning.html

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/spide...ilotheria.html

[_TiMiSdRuNk_]

Originally Posted by Pleco07

Not sure about there being a correct way of saying them as each person says words differently but when I started in the hobby, I just watched a load of decent youtube videos. They at least give you an idea of what the words sound like, so you can kind of get a grasp on them

But how do you know the people in the youtube clips are saying it right.....

[naz_pixie]

i ahve this problem too.. because i learn pretty much everything from reading be it forums/websites/books ect i have never heard the words being said.. so when on the rare occasion i actualy talk to someone else in person who also knows abouts reps i feel a bit foolish cose i say lots of words wrong...