Never thought I'd see the day..
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George Does Dutch
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Never thought I'd see the day..
Is he not a stem guy?
Haha, not really. Bless.
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I'm picturing one of those 1990s 'word cloud' jobs, off of any given George Farmer video, with this great huge 60-point fontCRYPTOCORYNE
floating out in the middle..
Which brings us to the somber and momentous question: Does anyone else here pronounce it 'Krypto Korn'?
No? Just me?
Is it a British thing to say it 'Krypto kore-Iney'? Like 'Al-you-Minnie-oom' ?
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In my mind it's "korn" rather than "kore-iney".Which brings us to the somber and momentous question: Does anyone else here pronounce it 'Krypto Korn'?
No? Just me?
Is it a British thing to say it 'Krypto kore-Iney'? Like 'Al-you-Minnie-oom' ?
I had a distinguished horticulture professor who was adamant that since latin is a dead language, any pronunciation of scientific names was valid so long as it was plausible and addresses all the parts of the word. This is not a universal view at all, but I figure he's got more street cred than I ever will, and I'm happy to adopt his generous and inclusive perspective. In that light, I say either pronunciation is correct.
FrankZ
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Thank you. This legitimately had me laughing out loud. I can really appreciate it since, as my wife says, I have a way with words. She wonders how I ever learned how to pronounce my last name.
Crypt-o-cor-i-knee
This is how the Europeans have told me to say it for years now.
This is how the Europeans have told me to say it for years now.
I don't take pronunciation advice from them.
And while I maintain the no-right-way-to-say-it stance, there are some wild and amusing divergences. I nearly fell out of my chair when my friend pronounced liriope "LEAR-ee-ope" instead of "luh-RYE-oh-pee". I thought he was joking around at first!
Wait this is how I've been saying it
24 inch by 13 inch tank. 6 species..
Strikes me as a rather challenging canvas for Dutchā¦.
Strikes me as a rather challenging canvas for Dutchā¦.
Kwyet
After every new tankāāThis is my last one!ā
Me too!Wait this is how I've been saying it
You aren't alone! It's a legit pronunciation apparently, I had just never heard it said that way in my life.Wait this is how I've been saying it
SEA-ment, or SUH-ment. Referring to concrete hereā¦.
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Suh ment
Roof rhymes with hoof (not poof) , creek rhymes with seek (not sick).. Pop not soda
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2-4, so closeSuh ment
Pop not soda
I've always pronounce it like this...
Doesnāt it always sound smarter when a UK person says something rather than a US person? Or is it me?
