What is the right pronunciation for Zooxanthellae?

[Calvinc4s]

[ShirleyM]

Zo- OX -an-THEL-ee

primary accent on THEL, secondary accent on OX. Zo has long o, not pronounced "Zoo"

[Calvinc4s]

Agh! thank you Shirley

[thefatman]

while were at it, how about proper pronunciation of chromis

krom-iss
or
krom-ees

[icebear]

"Chromis" is usually pronounced:


Those da**ed ___insert fish color here__ things!

[JennM]

Originally posted by ShirleyM
Zo- OX -an-THEL-ee

primary accent on THEL, secondary accent on OX. Zo has long o, not pronounced "Zoo"

Heh I smell an open can of worms...

I've always pronounced it...

Zoo-zan-THEL-lee

X sounds like z.

Perhaps on a good day I make a long O sound - Zo-zan-THEL-lee

Or even Zo-zan-THEL-lay.

Chromis: I'm guilty of saying "Cromie", but I belive it's "Crome-iss" I usually (and probably erroneously, simply out of habit..) refer to a single "Cromie" but a school of "Cromiss"

Now, if you really wanna giggle, I've heard some pretty interesting pronounciations of "Wrasse"....

Rassie, Rasp... War-asse and the ever-popular War-assie...... I think Rassie is my favourite, as it's usually discussed in a sentence with a LOT of foibles... Assitinic (actinic), Metal Hamide, Metal Hydride..... OMG some days it's hard to keep a straight face.... Recently I had somebody come in looking for an Amanenemy too...



Jenn

[icebear]

did i spell anemone right?

[icebear]

or do i have to call them anemonia

with fronds like these, who needs anemonia?

or anemonae

???

*i'm giving myself a headache*

[Doug1]

One entry found for zooxanthella.
Main Entry: zo·o·xan·thel·la
Pronunciation: "zO-&-zan-'the-l&
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural zo·o·xan·thel·lae /-(")lE/
Etymology: New Latin, from zo- + xanth- + -ella (diminutive suffix)
Date: circa 1891
: any of various symbiotic dinoflagellates that live within the cells of other organisms (as reef-building coral polyps)
thu its Zozanthella

[Alice]

Hmmmm...I pronounce it zoe-zan-THELLY

And then there's the everpopular gonipora gon-IP-ora? gon-i-PORA?

Latin is dead and I'm glad LOL

Alice

[Newfiemom]

My dictionary concurs with Doug, the "x" is pronounced as a "z".

[hooked]

I pronounce Zooxanthellae like this, I think hehe. Zoo an thal ia make any sense.

I am having way to much fun reading all this

Tell me how many peps pronounce coralline algae as caroline

I often just point at stuff and ask what it is even if I already know, so many people pronounce the same things 2-3 different ways.

[mikeMersot]

here you go:

Correct Pronunciation

[Newfiemom]

Excellent Mike! Where did you get that?

[mikeMersot]

www.webster.com it'll tell you how to pronounce just about anything