How Do You Pronounce ____________? (2 Viewers)

[Tiraya]

It baffles me again why the "anglicized" version of a clearly accented name is not spelled alternatively so the correct pronunciation is kept.

"Arasari" or "arassari" would have been just fine.

 

[Andy Adcock]

It baffles me again why the "anglicized" version of a clearly accented name is not spelled alternatively so the correct pronunciation is kept.

"Arasari" or "arassari" would have been just fine.

Totally agree.

 

[Andy Adcock]

It baffles me again why the "anglicized" version of a clearly accented name is not spelled alternatively so the correct pronunciation is kept.

"Arasari" or "arassari" would have been just fine.

You've been over there too long mate, 'anglicised'

 

[Tiraya]

You've been over there too long mate, 'anglicised'

Oh no, next you know I'll be saying black-bellied plover instead of grey plover...!! Although, in this particular case my very American computer and its spellcheck is mostly to blame

It even tried to correct your spelling when I hit the post button!!

 

[qwerty5]

Then there is also: Pochard, Scaup, Hoopoe, Sabine's (as in Gull), Towhee, Pyrrhuloxia, Dickcissel, Phainopepla... and on and on...

I've always said:
Scaup as 'scowp'
Towhee as 'toe-hee'
Dickcissel as 'dik-i-sul'

But I have really no idea if I'm saying it right or not.

Also always though Ibis should be 'i-bis'

 

[chowchilla]

Scaup is pronounced Skawp in dictonaries, but I've heard Skowp so many times from birders, that I do think there's a case for giving this variant official status - seeing as hardly anyone uses the word other than birders.

 

[Microtus]

I once heard adverts on Spanish-language radio here in the Washington DC area with 'correct' yet incorrect pronounciations. In one case, the second "c" in Connecticut (~ Avenue) was pronounced distinctly (it's actually "kuh-neh-tuh-kuht"); in the other case, the Gude in Gude Drive was pronounced as a single syllable with a long "u" ... it's actually a two-syllable family name "goo-dee".

I say "skawp", "toe-hee" and "toe-ee", and "dick-siss-ull". And "eye-bis" and rarely "eye-bus".

 

[raymie]

I've always said:
Scaup as 'scowp'
Towhee as 'toe-hee'
Dickcissel as 'dik-i-sul'

But I have really no idea if I'm saying it right or not.

Also always though Ibis should be 'i-bis'

For me they are "toe-ee" (with a silent "h") and "dik-sis-ul".

 

[raymie]

Is guan two syllables (goo-aan) or one (rhyming with huan)?

 

[Microtus]

Is guan two syllables (goo-aan) or one (rhyming with huan)?

I've always pronounced it and heard it pronounced as a single syllable

 

[raymie]

Is dacnis pronounced "dack-niss", or some other way?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Is dacnis pronounced "dack-niss", or some other way?

That's how I and other people I have met say it.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Is guan two syllables (goo-aan) or one (rhyming with huan)?

Gwaan

 

[Richard Prior]

Gwaan

Mrs Doyle lives!

 

[Andy Adcock]

Mrs Doyle lives!

Lost on non Brits I think.

 

[Richard Prior]

Lost on non Brits I think.

Ouch, that’s put me in my place. Mind you Andy, you should get ready from a broadside from Owen (Pariah) …….

 

[Andy Adcock]

Ouch, that’s put me in my place. Mind you Andy, you should get ready from a broadside from Owen (Pariah) …….

Got the idiot blocked so water off a ducks back Richard.

 

[01101001]

Is it EGG-ret or EE-gret?

 

[foresttwitcher]

Is it EGG-ret or EE-gret?

I've always said the second...

 

[qwerty5]

Is it EGG-ret or EE-gret?

I've always pronounced it as the latter, but Merriam-Webster has it both ways along with "i-gret" (can't imagine how one could get that pronunciation from the spelling).