George Does Dutch

[Koan]

Never thought I'd see the day..

 

[Art]

Is he not a stem guy?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Haha, not really. Bless.

 

[Koan]

Is he not a stem guy?

I'm picturing one of those 1990s 'word cloud' jobs, off of any given George Farmer video, with this great huge 60-point font

CRYPTOCORYNE
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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' ?

 

[ElleDee]

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' ?

In my mind it's "korn" rather than "kore-iney".

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.

 

[Kwyet]

I’ve just been saying “kor-in” with the last “e” silent, or just “crypt” so I don’t have to worry about it, lol!

 

[FrankZ]

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.

 

[Art]

Crypt-o-cor-i-knee

This is how the Europeans have told me to say it for years now.

 

[ElleDee]

Crypt-o-cor-i-knee

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!

 

[RickyV]

I nearly fell out of my chair when my friend pronounced liriope "LEAR-ee-ope

Wait this is how I've been saying it

 

[Pepere]

24 inch by 13 inch tank. 6 species..

Strikes me as a rather challenging canvas for Dutch….

 

[Kwyet]

Wait this is how I've been saying it

Me too!

 

[ElleDee]

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.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

SEA-ment, or SUH-ment. Referring to concrete here….

 

[Koan]

SEA-ment, or SUH-ment. Referring to concrete here….

Suh ment Roof rhymes with hoof (not poof) , creek rhymes with seek (not sick)..

Pop not soda

 

[Koan]

This is how the Europeans have told me to say it for years now

Can't argue with that

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Suh ment Roof rhymes with hoof (not poof) , creek rhymes with seek (not sick)..

Pop not soda

2-4, so close

 

[Tim Harrison]

I've always pronounce it like this...

 

[Art]

Doesn’t it always sound smarter when a UK person says something rather than a US person? Or is it me?

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Doesn’t it always sound smarter when a UK person says something rather than a US person? Or is it me?