Need help with a couple of pronunciations...

[chanda]

I'm giving a presentation on South American tarantulas tomorrow at a Geography Day event at my local library. I know both the common and scientific names for all my little friends - 15 of whom will be accompanying me - but there are a couple that I could use a little help with on the pronunciations.

The first is my Theraphosa stirmi. Is it pronounced like "stir-my" or "stir-mee"? I've heard it both ways. On Henry Beechhold's pronunciation key, T. stirmi is not listed - but T. blondi is, and the pronunciation given for that is with the long e sound at the end, as are a number of other species whose names end in a terminal "i." That's how I'd been pronouncing it myself, but at the show where I purchased the T. stirmi last week, the dealer was insisting that it's supposed to end in a long "i" sound instead.

The other is my G. pulchripes. (I can actually pronounce that part just fine.) The question is with the common name, Chaco Golden Knee. Is it pronounced "Chayco," "Chacko," or "Chalko"? (Yes, I know - scientific names are generally preferable - but when working with children, I find the common names are better received, though I also provide the proper names.)

Thank you!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Wish i could help. For me it's incredibly easy everytime i hear, on YT or such, US/English people spell i laugh hard, especially (genus) Poecilotheria or C.cyaneopubescens, lol.

"Stirmi" is... "Stirmi". That's so easy, but i can't, nor have the possibility to explain well :-/

Definitely NOT "Stir-My" but, better, "Stir-Me" <-- one "E"

About G.pulchripes most famous, and common, name, "Chaco" remains "Chaco". I'm baffled because US people should know Spanish, lol.

Chaco, hermano. Chaco. Chaco, like that sombrero moustache man who fought with Pancho Villa and old good writer Ambrose Bierce, lol.

In Italian "Ciaco" same sound of "Chaco" for Mex & Co.

P.S

Those are wrong: "ChaLko" ? "ChaYco"? "ChacKo"?

My Spanish sucks, now, but it's easy to say "Chaco" for me.

 

[viper69]

"Chacko,

Bingo!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Bingo!

Let me doubt, my friend

 

[Chris LXXIX]

No, maybe you are right, eh... but 'Chaco': 'ChacKo' VS (Italian) 'CIaco' IMO sounds more related to Spanish this one, but because here "K" sounds completely different, lol, a mess i tell you

 

[chanda]

Bingo!

Thank you for the help! Wanted to be sure I got my vowel sounds right tomorrow. (Turns out, I was pronouncing them both more-or-less correctly in the first place, but the guys at Repticon last weekend who were pronouncing them differently got me all confused!)

 

[chanda]

Wish i could help. For me it's incredibly easy everytime i hear, on YT or such, US/English people spell i laugh hard, especially (genus) Poecilotheria or C.cyaneopubescens, lol.

"Stirmi" is... "Stirmi". That's so easy, but i can't, nor have the possibility to explain well :-/

Definitely NOT "Stir-My" but, better, "Stir-Me" <-- one "E"

About G.pulchripes most famous, and common, name, "Chaco" remains "Chaco". I'm baffled because US people should know Spanish, lol.

Chaco, hermano. Chaco. Chaco, like that sombrero moustache man who fought with Pancho Villa and old good writer Ambrose Bierce, lol.

In Italian "Ciaco" same sound of "Chaco" for Mex & Co.

P.S

Those are wrong: "ChaLko" ? "ChaYco"? "ChacKo"?

My Spanish sucks, now, but it's easy to say "Chaco" for me.

Thank you for the help! Wanted to be sure I got my vowel sounds right tomorrow. (Turns out, I was pronouncing them both more-or-less correctly in the first place, but the guys at Repticon last weekend who were pronouncing them differently got me all confused!)

 

[REEFSPIDER]

Chalk o golden knees

 

[Crone Returns]

Chock oh