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What ant genera pronunciations did you get horribly wrong?

Started By Manitobant , Mar 2 2019 8:41 AM

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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 2 2019 - 8:41 AM

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I would like to start an interesting thread for us to share how badly we pronounced some ant genera when we were new to the hobby. I will start:

I used to pronounce myrmecocystus as mur-me-cock-y-stus

Oecophylla= ocy-phy-lia

Pogonomyrmex= paw-go-know-mur-mix

I really sucked at this when I started. How about you guys?
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#2 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 2 2019 - 9:52 AM

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Camponotus quercicola= quiri-cola.

Mrymecocytus= myrm-eco-tus.

Ok, that was when I started ant-keeping.
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#3 Offline Ant Broski - Posted March 2 2019 - 10:39 AM

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I used to pronounce Aphaenogaster as A - fae - e - no - ga - ster
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#4 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted March 2 2019 - 12:08 PM

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I thought Pheidole was pronounced “phee-i-dole” up until two weeks ago
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#5 Offline drtrmiller - Posted March 2 2019 - 12:38 PM

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Mrymecocytus= myrm-eco-tus.

 

To be fair, you probably aren't saying it right if you are pronouncing it the same way you're spelling it.


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#6 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 2 2019 - 4:08 PM

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Mrymecocytus= myrm-eco-tus.

 
To be fair, you probably aren't saying it right if you are pronouncing it the same way you're spelling it.

I just got braces around that time, so my mouth was still getting used to it, thus making my pronunciation incorrect.
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#7 Offline Martialis - Posted March 6 2019 - 10:28 AM

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Most of them.


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#8 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 6 2019 - 3:26 PM

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Most of them.


Yes, correct. I could pronounce Camponotus , but long words, are a big no-no.
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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 6 2019 - 3:38 PM

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I could pronounce Camponotus, Solenopsis, Crematogaster, Pheidole, Ponera, Lasius, Formica, Prenolepis, Tetramorium, Temnothorax, Pogonomermex, Aphaenogaster when I was a beginner and that's about it.

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#10 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted March 6 2019 - 4:43 PM

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Pheidole is what I've always had trouble with.


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I accidentally froze all my ants 

#11 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 6 2019 - 6:12 PM

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I could pronounce Camponotus, Solenopsis, Crematogaster, Pheidole, Ponera, Lasius, Formica, Prenolepis, Tetramorium, Temnothorax, Pogonomermex, Aphaenogaster when I was a beginner and that's about it.

Oh hell naaah!

Wow, good job!

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