How do you pronounce...

[Tigergenesis]

"Okeetee" ?

[Scotty Allen]

OH-KUH-TEA, emphasis on the first syllable

[Dragon_Slave]

Oh-kee-tee... lol

[Bighead]

I'm going with scotty's

[HeatherK]

Glad to have this 'cleared up' :) I've always ended up pronouncing it the way it looks, but I've heard enough people say otherwise (even breeders) that it's confusing.

[Bighead]

it took me forever before i had "colubrid" right. lol

[TheRedDragon]

*shrug * I say Oh-KEE-TEE

[Tim_Cranwill]

I guess the "real" answer is how they pronounce it in Florida. Maybe Mark (Crimsonking) will fill us in. :)

I say Oh-Key-Tea and Call-You-Brid... ;)

[Oliverian]

I used to say O-kee-tee, now its the way scotty says it.


...I say Call-a-brid, is that totally off?
Lol, we had this discussion not too long ago, and I'm still confused!
-TammyR

[Tigergenesis]

This should help with Colubrid:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=colubrid&x=0&y=0

[Dragon_Slave]

I say ''Cul-o-brid''... almost like saying ''color-brid'' but with a short ''o'' and no r... lol.

[Nanashi04]

o.o; I've never paid a lot of attention to the prnouciation...
maybe I should! ^^

The biggest thing I can't say is 'rear wheel drive'. I can't say it to save my life... always comes out like 'rheel reer drive' :P

[Clownfishie]

Oh-kuh-tee... and Call-oo-brid ... at least that's how I say 'em :p

[brig]

Well, while we're on this subject, I've plucked up courage to ask...


How do you pronounce 'cloaca'???

I'm embarrassed to ever say it, because I feel really, really stupid!
Help?


Brig. :)

[Tigergenesis]

I say, and I think that's how my vet said it, :

Clow (like 'low' with a C in front)
ache
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[Tigergenesis]

Makes you wish there were a snake owners dictionary! Especially for the Latin scientific names.

[HeatherK]

Originally posted by Nanashi04
The biggest thing I can't say is 'rear wheel drive'. I can't say it to save my life... always comes out like 'rheel reer drive' :P

lol I have the same problem sometimes too with r's and w's

[bubba]

Hey Tigergenesis, hows the herping in Indy? I may be moving there within the year. Any wild places still left in Indiana?

[Dragon_Slave]

I might be going to Indiana this August... hehe. Planning on going herping and gold panning. :)

[Tigergenesis]

Never really gone out herping. I need and want to as it would be a new experience for me. Between work and volunteering it's hard to find the time. The Hoosier Herp club seems to have outings. I need to go sometime to see what it's like.

http://www.hoosierherpsociety.org/

[Wizwise2000]

I've always wanted to ask, how to pronounce heterozygous?

Thanks:)
Shane

[HeatherK]

I pronounce it with the accent on the "zy"

het-er-oh-ZY-gus

Might not be correct, though ;)

[Clownfishie]

Nope Heather, you've got it right :) That's how you say that one...

[HeatherK]

Good to know ;) Thanks.

[Dragon_Slave]

Yep... Het-ero-ZY-gus