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VERY stupid question lol

JTGoff69

JTGoff69

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Okay, we have an issue and a debate at work. We are arguing over the pronunciation of the word "leucistic". I tried looking it up online since I don't have a dictionary handy, and there is no such word. Apparently I'm also spelling it wrong? If anyone knows the correct spelling and pronunciation of this word, it will put an ongoing debate to rest. :grin01:
 
Thanks Jazz, I can't believe I couldn't find it in the dictionary! Anyone else have differing opinions, or is this the final answer? ROFL
 
Thanks everyone! Though I have been one of the wrong ones, (pronouncing it with a hard c) I'm glad to put the debate to rest. Maybe somebody should write to Miriam Webster and alert them that their online dictionary is not complete lol. :wavey:
 
I haven't been able to find any "official" pronounciation key either.

Leuco is from Latin (where there's no soft c, that's what s is for) and leuko is from Greek. (Both basically mean "white.") I'm sure it would be 'properly' pronounced with a hard c. But then so is Caesar. :grin01:

It just doesn't sound right saying "leukistic" so I have always pronounced it "loo-sis-tik" too. :)
 
The closest I could find with a pronounciation guide was 'leucite' which means-

A white or gray mineral of potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi2O6


(pronounced something like loo-site, so I can only assume that loo-SIS-tic is the correst way)

I went with the 's' sound myself...
 
the leucistic ball pythons are referred to as blue eyed lucys and black eyed lucys, apart from that i pronounced it that way off the bat cause thats how i naturally thought it should sound.
 
Loo-sis-tik for me too, for the most part.

Although having gone through 4 years of Latin, I do tend to accentuate the -eu- sound, into a lew-sis-tik.
 
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