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How do you pronounce "colubrid"?
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Phruit Dish
Bringer of Meeses
Colubrids get their name from their taxonomic family, Colubridae. The way I pronounce it: Kohl-OO-brihds. I haven't been corrected yet, even when I've asked questions using this pronunciation at a couple of shows thus far (like the first time I met a pine snake...lovely creature!).
I think the variations all convey the same message, and I'd be willing to make at least a mild wager that globally, at least two accepted pronunciations exist. To-may-toe, to-mah-toe. (What is it with the second syllable? LOL.)
I think the variations all convey the same message, and I'd be willing to make at least a mild wager that globally, at least two accepted pronunciations exist. To-may-toe, to-mah-toe. (What is it with the second syllable? LOL.)
ghosthousecorns
Well-known member
The word for snake in spanish, Culebra, is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable so I've always said Co-LOOH-brid but I've heard a lot of people say CALL-ooh-brid too.
daddio207
THUG FROG !
I think that's the same way I say it..
It's so nice to hear the use of scientific names now instead of common names. Cuts down the confusion.
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
For latin origin words, usually second from last syllable. (Or second syllable if word is 3 syllables.)
But if word is long, second from last syllable. Of course, there are always exceptions. Like integumen. Regimen. Calibrate.
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/g-accnt.html
But if word is long, second from last syllable. Of course, there are always exceptions. Like integumen. Regimen. Calibrate.
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/g-accnt.html
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cornsnakeforsale_com
Just Another Corn Breeder
I was all excited to learn something new in this thread, but now all I see is that everyone is confused. Do we have something definitive? I choose to never say the word cause I'm not sure how...
daddio207
THUG FROG !
Well I'm surprised how Merriam-Webster dictionary pronounces it !
ˈkäl-yə-brəd
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colubrid then click on the speaker
ˈkäl-yə-brəd
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colubrid then click on the speaker
ghosthousecorns
Well-known member
I guess a lot of us have been saying it wrong then LOL
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
Well....here's how the brits say it (or at least this particular male british voice)....(click colubridae, too...sounds somewhat closer to the 'murican way)...
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=colubrid&submit=Submit
Weird.
UK-man _does_ say 'colostomy' and 'colonoscopy' pretty normal.
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=colubrid&submit=Submit
Weird.
UK-man _does_ say 'colostomy' and 'colonoscopy' pretty normal.
Phruit Dish
Bringer of Meeses
I don't know that I'd label it confusion, necessarily. I see it as more of an agreement to more than one pronunciation in a multicultural world/hobby. Additionally, I wonder how many of us are more accustomed to reading and seeing the written term, as opposed to actually hearing it from an authority in an educational lecture. I would suspect that's true for many.