Scientific Name Pronunciations

[Arachnophobphile]

Been wondering how to correctly pronounce Tliltocatl forever. I struggle with correctly pronouncing scientific names.

Found this site:

Tliltocatl albopilosum Pronunciation

How to say Tliltocatl albopilosum in English? Pronunciation of Tliltocatl albopilosum with 7 audio pronunciations and more for Tliltocatl albopilosum.

www.howtopronounce.com

 

[DomGom TheFather]

Man, I've been really screwing it up.
Doesn't rhyme with swirly chair at all!

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I listened to the 3 voices pronouncing it and the middle one sounds the clearest.

I've been pronouncing it thinking the T was silent all this time, lol.

I knew I should of taken some Latin back in the day.

 

[PhoenixFyre]

I think what throws everyone off is the first "L" which is silent I believe.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

I listened to the 3 voices pronouncing it and the middle one sounds the clearest.

I've been pronouncing it thinking the T was silent all this time, lol.

I knew I should of taken some Latin back in the day.

The genus name Tliltocatl is not Latin. It is made up of two Nahuatl (native people of southern Mexico and Central America) words, “tlil” and “tocatl”, which mean “black spider.” (Source: Mendoza and Francke, 2019)

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I think what throws everyone off is the first "L" which is silent I believe.

Well this is how stupid I can get. I was looking at the word like it looks like an Aztec or maybe Mayan word. Then finally the light bulb went off and I realized it's Latin.

Wait a minute, I've just been corrected by @AphonopelmaTX

The genus name Tliltocatl is not Latin. It is made up of two Nahuatl (native people of southern Mexico and Central America) words, “tlil” and “tocatl”, which mean “black spider.” (Source: Mendoza and Francke, 2019)

Thanks so I was on the right track to begin with and it's not Latin. I have a headache now

 

[PhoenixFyre]

Yes you were! I was just going to write you and say that it was the Nahuatl language.

When I first saw the name I sort of recognized it, but I wanted to make sure.

I contacted a friend of mine who is a retired Linguistic professor that specializes in Indigenous Languages of South America and he was the one that wrote it out for me phonetically.

Other than that I was looking at the name and saying "Tlilituu?...tleelito?...te...oh forget it..."

 

[KaroKoenig]

Explanation of origin and how to pronounce starts at minute 4:51 .

 

[Edan bandoot]

What have you guys been saying??

 

[Craig73]

This wasn’t triggered by listening to Destiny’s Child ‘Say My Name’ while drinking was it? Happens to me too, but once I get to the second syllable I’m toast.

What have you guys been saying??

I say ‘T. albos’, only way I can say it without butchering it. I tried to tell someone I had a Avicularia purpurea the other day and it came out so bad.

 

[viper69]

Not all names are Latin. There’s been a trend lately in this sense.

 

[Hardus nameous]

I've seen this before; read through these threads:

Systematic revision of Brachypelma, new genus described.

I'll link to it below. In short, the genus has been split in two with the "red-legged" species and albiceps staying in Brachypelma and the "red rumped" species being moved to the newly created genus, Tliltocatl. Brachypelma now consists of B. albiceps, B. auratum, B. baumgarteni, B. boehmei, B...

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Somebody please help me pronounce Tliltocatl

The T followed by the L is genuinely the most awkward combination of letters in all of language. It sounds so stooooopid. I can’t believe they’ve done this.

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