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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Coelacanth #17869 02/01/01 09:46 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1 H hazyview OP stranger OP hazyview stranger H Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1 Please Help! i need the pronunciation to "Coelacanth" a fish thought extinct and was recently found of the South African Coast Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17870 02/01/01 10:30 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Hello, hazyview, and welcome to the board! The BBC announcers, at the time of the discovery, called it the "coal - uh - canth." Whilst they are not the final arbiter in such matters, they are a respectable source. Hope this helps! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17871 02/01/01 11:06 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin According to dictionary.com it is more like see-luh-canth. Though I am a bit hazy on those phonetic spellings. Decide for yourself: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=Coelacanth Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17872 02/01/01 01:07 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Seal a canth is closer to how I have heard it-- (one of the Volkswagon commercials on TV-- when the mechanic finds a full size spare-- and compares it to a Coelacanth) maybe VW has a site where you could "re watch" some of the commercials-- I don't remember seeing it this year, but did see it at about chrismastime.. so its not that old a commercial (I don't know if aired out side of US) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17873 02/01/01 01:12 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 I would also be inclined to say "See-la-canth". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17874 02/01/01 01:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 20 Maryland G garynamy stranger garynamy stranger G Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 20 Maryland And for those of you keeping score at home, if we were to use the ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation, we would refer to the chay-luh-canth! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17875 02/01/01 02:34 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ...but the prefix coel- is from the Greek koilos. [Kong] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17876 02/01/01 02:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Just as an after-thought, isn't it being used as a prefix here? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17877 02/01/01 03:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass d'oh, lemme fix-dat. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coelacanth #17878 02/01/01 03:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I remember freshman biology when first one was discovered in 1935, It was "seel a canth" then, and still is. BBC should be ashamed.wwh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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