Sorry, but may I ask the dumbest question ever?

[atvchick95]

Ok, so how do you say the Poi one? I'm not even going to try and spell it! You know, the Myers, and Red Belly, and my personal favorite, the Sennie!

that one was hard to find not sure if this is right

"Pie-oh-sif-AH-lus"

 

[jmfleish]

that one was hard to find not sure if this is right

"Pie-oh-sif-AH-lus"

If you can even spell it by memory, I'm impressed! LOL!

And is that like syphilis?

 

[atvchick95]

If you can even spell it by memory, I'm impressed! LOL!

And is that like syphilis?

lol I can't spell it or say it and I thought it sounded like that also

 

[jmfleish]

lol I can't spell it or say it and I thought it sounded like that also

That's why I've always just stuck with Poi!

 

[GG.]

from the Biologists Handbook (Full text of "The biologist's handbook of pronunciations" )

Poicephalus (poy-sef'-al-us)

 

[jmfleish]

from the Biologists Handbook (Full text of "The biologist's handbook of pronunciations" )

Poicephalus (poy-sef'-al-us)

Thanks! Now I don't have to feel like an idiot...that is, if I remember that! HAHAHAHHAHAHA!

 

[Cydney]

See, I never had a problem with Pionus, I just struggle with the second half of Poicephalus.. Though I was pronouncing it correctly!

Not a dirty one, but what about Aracari? I've here Ara-car-ee, Ar-a-sorry and Air-a-sehr-ee. I think the third one is correct but what do you all think?

 

[Thugluvgrl187]

That is a good one. Not sure

 

[TITANIS]

See, I never had a problem with Pionus, I just struggle with the second half of Poicephalus.. Though I was pronouncing it correctly!

Not a dirty one, but what about Aracari? I've here Ara-car-ee, Ar-a-sorry and Air-a-sehr-ee. I think the third one is correct but what do you all think?

The proper pronunciation for aracari came up in the rhamphastid group at one time. IIRC it was the second one you posted, or very close to it. So, something like A-ra-suhry.

For the record, I deliberately mispronounce a few bird name because I'm very 'visual' when it comes to pronunciation, and also mispronounce words due to my heritage. I tend to say caique as 'cake,' Pionus as 'pie-O-nis,' Poicephalus as 'poi-KE-fa-lis,' aracari as 'a-ra-KA-ri' with four syllables. Because of my background I also pronounce cephalopod as 'KEF-a-lo-pod' not with a s. I will not mispronounce these terms in the presence of other people who are knowledgeable in aviculture, ornithology, biology, etc., otherwise one runs the risk of appearing a bit odd...

 

[allison]

I always say pie own us.

 

[Jadesmom]

EXACTLY!! Until I met allison from this board last week, I thought they were called "Pee-Own-Us" I was like, "What a sique name for a bird!"

 

[marian]

I'm sitting here laughing so hard at this thread. tooooooo funny

 

[LuvMyBirds]

Caique = Dyke with a K ~ Kyke

I always laugh when I see a thread that says: Post a pic of your Pis

 

[southerninak]

I, um, am from the deep South - cake IS two syllables here

I'm from the south too , and yea I get that all the time too. Too many syllables on every thing I say

 

[TITANIS]

I'm from the south too , and yea I get that all the time too. Too many syllables on every thing I say

That's very interesting. Every time I hear people speaking in a southern accent, it sounds to me like there's less syllables. Are there big differences between the various southern accents?

 

[LuvMyBirds]

Okay there is the South and then there are Southern Belles The Southern Belles drag everything out. Barrrbeeequuue ~ lol!

 

[Eliza]

OMG... LOL at some of the wacky pronounciations of pionus!

that one was hard to find not sure if this is right

"Pie-oh-sif-AH-lus"

I believe that it's pronounced with four syllables, not five:

Poi-ceph-a-lus

I've always heard the first syllable ("poi") pronounced as "pah".

 

[allison]

Really? I always thought is was Poy sef a lis

 

[Babybreau]

Yep, that's how I have heard it too. Pie own is

Now say Caique I still can't get that one right.

Yup I ALWAYS say "cake"... not "ca-eek"

 

[TITANIS]

Yup I ALWAYS say "cake"... not "ca-eek"

Welcome to the 'cake' club!

LOL, Martine is going to shoot me for this...