Scientific Name Pronounciations

[Londoner]

Uh...

smithi (SMITH-ee)

Sounds like your 'smithee' to me, which is correct.

Uh...

I know (eye-no)

I've heard the same person use BOTH pronunciations .

 

[Miss Bianca]

. . . . . . . AH WELL !

They already posted that link in the third post. :}

 

[xhexdx]

Uh...

I know (eye-no)

I've heard the same person use BOTH pronunciations .

Ah, I get it now. I misunderstood you. Sorry!

 

[barabootom]

I'm going to try and create something to help people learn their T's and the pronunciation. After I finish I'll give it to arachnoboards. Here is a sample of what I put together so far.

http://www.spanishspanish.com/aaaaasounds/my_file.html

Click on the T name. I temporarily borrowed a few photos from the web. I'm looking for members to send me their own photos of aphonopelma species only to start with, adults only. I'll give you a photo credit if I use your pic. If I don't use your photo I'll delete it. Use the email in my public profile. Anyone interested?

 

[rvtjonny]

Very impressive :clap: looking forward to when your finished with it..

I'm going to try and create something to help people learn their T's and the pronunciation. After I finish I'll give it to arachnoboards. Here is a sample of what I put together so far.

http://www.spanishspanish.com/aaaaasounds/my_file.html

Click on the T name. I temporarily borrowed a few photos from the web. I'm looking for members to send me their own photos of aphonopelma species only to start with, adults only. I'll give you a photo credit if I use your pic. If I don't use your photo I'll delete it. Use the email in my public profile. Anyone interested?

 

[Rindy]

Here is a sample of what I put together so far.

http://www.spanishspanish.com/aaaaasounds/my_file.html

This is awesome, much better than reading a list of instructions explaining how to pronounce certain letter combinations...see the spider and the name while hearing it said... a much better mouse trap:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[SeventyThree]

I really like that setup with the audio and visual aids. Hurry up and get it finished!!

 

[Bill S]

I never would have thought of (BAY-mee) from boehmi... My guess was (BOW-my)

Latin pronunciation applies to Latin words/names. If boehmi is named after someone named "Boehm", then the original pronunciation of "Boehm" carries through. So if Mr./Ms. Boehm pronounced their name "bome" - then "BOW-mee" would be correct. However, if they pronounce it with the dipthong "oe", than that would carry into the scientific name.

 

[barabootom]

Ok, here's the first installment. I decided start with the most available brachy's. Thanks to those who let me use their photos from the photo threads.

http://www.spanishspanish.com/aaaamyfiles/brachypelma.html

 

[Frankie_Dank]

Poecilotheria (pee-suh-luh-THI-ree-uh)

did that surprise anyone else?... I always pronounced it poh-kuh-low-THI-ree-uh

How were all of you pronouncing it?

 

[jbm150]

I thought it was pronounced poh-see-loh-thee-ree-uh

I wish it was

 

[Julia]

I never even tried to pronounce "poecilotheria" before I obtained a few of these Ts. I would have butchered the name BADLY.

For some reason, whenever I saw "boehmi," I said bo-HEE-mee. :wall: Now that I know how to pronounce it correctly, it still gives me trouble! Interesting...

 

[Scottymac]

Blast -

I was going to ask the exact question of how to pronounce Pokies proper title.

I've be saying -

Poh-key-oh-la-THAR-ia

Has anybody else been so far from the mark?

Scotty.:?