Pronunciation of herp related words...

I always wondered how to pronounce boid. Is it BO-ID or BOY-D?

Also if anyone has any herp related words that they need help pronouncing post the word here.

Boy-d :D

bo-id

I always have had problems with leucistic for some stupid reason. I want to look at it and say "loo kis tick" rather than the proper "loo sis tick". For some reason my brain insists on feeding me a hard k sound in that word. :oops:

The other one I had trouble with was colubrid. I wanted to say "call you brid" but it's pronounced "cull loo brid". Took me forever to get that one down pat.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

bo-id

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Bo-id??

REALLY?

Aww man...

:weirdface

Boh-id?

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

bo-id

I always have had problems with leucistic for some stupid reason. I want to look at it and say "loo kis tick" rather than the proper "loo sis tick". For some reason my brain insists on feeding me a hard k sound in that word. :oops:

The other one I had trouble with was colubrid. I wanted to say "call you brid" but it's pronounced "cull loo brid". Took me forever to get that one down pat.

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Seems that when you first get started in this crazy stuff you read these words so many times doing research, reading threads, looking for info, etc., that you kind of get set in your ways of beleiving that they should be spoken a certain way. Then you go to a herp show, or watch a vid and someone pronounces it differently, it's like, what did he say? At least that's how it was for me...I still read leucistic and think loo kiss tick...:rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

bo-id.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Boy-d :D

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this wont work very well. we have people from coast to coast and even over seas here. with all the diff accents this can be said 100 diff ways.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Bo-id??

REALLY?

Aww man...

:weirdface

Boh-id?

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From a post made by Kara back in 2006....

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Boid (pronounced "bow-id" - 2 syllables with a long "O" sound, not "boyd") - a snake from the family "Boidae," which encompasses the subfamilies Boinae (boas & close kin), Erycinae (sand boas & kin), and Pythoninae (pythons & kin).

So while all boids are constrictors, not all constrictors are boids. There are many colubrid snakes that constrict their food, as well.

Hope this helps!

K~

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Originally Posted by sho220

Seems that when you first get started in this crazy stuff you read these words so many times doing research, reading threads, looking for info, etc., that you kind of get set in your ways of beleiving that they should be spoken a certain way. Then you go to a herp show, or watch a vid and someone pronounces it differently, it's like, what did he say? At least that's how it was for me...I still read leucistic and think loo kiss tick...:rolleye2:

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LOO-SIS-TIC :D


FUNNNY STORY

There was a guy that came up to me at a show and wanted to see my "Peed"

I said, "I'm sorry, My what??" :weirdface

He pointed to the Pied on the table, and said "That Peed right there... It's beautiful"

I stared at him for a second, trying not to laugh (He was a BIG dood), and said "The Pah-eyed, sir?"

He looked at me and said "OH! Is that how you say it?" I said "Yes sir..." and we both started laughing our heads off...

Its ALLLLLLL good ;)

Glad no one is asking me for pronunciation :8:

Oh lord Heather I would have been busting a gut! :rofl:

Anery is actually anury.

And Okeetee is oakutee.:D

That is for corns though!

The one I have trouble is axanthics. I guess its Axe-an-thic, but I'm not sure. I read it and in my head I think I pronounce it at-than-tict, or at lantix or some other totally messed up thing...lol

How about cloacae? Cloe- ache-a ???

i had no idea how to say colubrid till i watched snake bytes... lol

and i still have trouble saying some things... lol forget what it was now... danget. floridahogs always teases me about it when i say it wrong... bleh

Ay-Zan-thick

Cloh-aye-ka

Anery is actually anury.

And Okeetee is oakutee.:D

That is for corns though!

Holy cow?! how did this double pot happen?

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Ay-Zan-thick

Cloh-aye-ka

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And this is why I started this thread. I thought axanthic was axe-an-thic.
O and the words don't just need to pertain to BP's. Any herp related words should be asked.

Do boids fly?

Hmm.. I know I've seen some but I can't remember which ones..

Cause you know, Albino is the hardest one! :8:

Other than snake words though.. I still say herbs like it looks instead of (e-rbs). People make fun of me so much.. :[

WOO FOR PEEDS!

i good friend of mine is a herpetologist and a college professor and he says that everyone says everything different with the nomenclature because it doesn't follow anything in particular. you have latin, greek, and nonsense all mixed together. for example, take a coastal carpet python... Morelia spilota mcdowelli. that's greek, latin, and some guy's basterdized name!
the point is, you can brush up on latin and greek pronunciation, but in the end nobody cares if you say it wrong. :)
one that that i always said wrong... Elaphe (as in rat snakes). its EE-laugh-EE...

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Oh lord Heather I would have been busting a gut! :rofl:

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I probably would have "peed" myself.