View Full Version : How do you say "Botia"
mykidsmylife
03-15-2006, 12:48 AM
Okay....I pronounce it Bow-sha. My friend says it's Bow-tee-ah.
Who's right, or are we both wrong? :huh:
SnakeIce
03-15-2006, 1:18 AM
Well Botia is a "latin" genus name. The rule of thumb I've used for these things is that spanish pronuciation of the vowels will get you close to the way it should be said.
a , e , i , o, u
ah, eh, ee,oh, oo
so, boh tee ah would be how I would say it.
Bitsy
03-15-2006, 10:29 AM
Okay....I pronounce it Bow-sha. My friend says it's Bow-tee-ah.
Who's right, or are we both wrong? :huh:
I have to go with mykidsmylife on this one, I have always pronounced it bow-sha. Whether that is correct or not I dunno, but hey, it works for me :duh:
Pronounce it as you wish, but SnakeIce is correct.
Dangerdoll
03-15-2006, 4:09 PM
yeah.... I always said it boh tee ah
Slappy*McFish
03-15-2006, 6:51 PM
I've always said Bo-tee-ah, too.
Bow-sha.....lol...sorry :D
Roan Art
03-15-2006, 7:04 PM
Spend my teen years hanging around with a bunch of Italians and I'd pronounce that "BOW-tee-yah".
Ah, but the name isn't really Botia, according to fishbase.org, it's:
Chromobotia macracanthus
krow-mow-BOW-tee-yah mac-rah-can-thus
Now, is THAT correct?
Roan
Okay....I pronounce it Bow-sha. My friend says it's Bow-tee-ah.
Who's right, or are we both wrong? :huh:
im guessing ur right
mykidsmylife
03-15-2006, 8:25 PM
I've always said Bo-tee-ah, too.
Bow-sha.....lol...sorry :D
:p: http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif I'm telling mom!
I SO hate to admit when I'm wrong :mad2: Oh well...there is a first time for everything ;)
Thanks all I humbly stand corrected!
Roan Art
03-15-2006, 9:06 PM
:p: http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif http://home.iprimus.com.au/robertmyers/smilies/04.gif I'm telling mom!
I SO hate to admit when I'm wrong :mad2: Oh well...there is a first time for everything ;)
Thanks all I humbly stand corrected!Actually, there IS a language where the letters "tia" are pronounced "sha", but I'll be danged if I can remember what it is. Regardless, that's probably where you are getting it from. A word like that.
If I could only remember . . . hrm.
Roan
joephys
03-15-2006, 9:16 PM
GHOTI spells fish!! :joke:
JoeQuality
03-15-2006, 9:17 PM
Actually, there IS a language where the letters "tia" are pronounced "sha", but I'll be danged if I can remember what it is. Regardless, that's probably where you are getting it from. A word like that.
If I could only remember . . . hrm.
Roan
just off the top of my head: Loatian (adjective for the country Laos)
Roan Art
03-15-2006, 9:28 PM
just off the top of my head: Loatian (adjective for the country Laos)
Heh. Yah, there's that :)
I was thinking of a word used in the English language though that when pronounced properly the the "tia" is said as "sha".
Oh, I know where to look!
Going there now . . .
Roan
Roan Art
03-15-2006, 9:39 PM
Martial (martial arts), spatial, martian -- but these words don't end in tia
AH! Scotia, as in Nova Scotia. Latin for New Scotland. Interesting. Meriam Webster says Scotia is pronounced as "SKOW-tee-ya" but Nova Scotia is "SKOW-sha" and so is the Scotia (SKOW-sha) sea.
Huh.
Roan
Leopardess
03-15-2006, 10:18 PM
Inertia.
mykidsmylife
03-15-2006, 10:22 PM
Martial (martial arts), spatial, martian -- but these words don't end in tia
AH! Scotia, as in Nova Scotia. Latin for New Scotland. Interesting. Meriam Webster says Scotia is pronounced as "SKOW-tee-ya" but Nova Scotia is "SKOW-sha" and so is the Scotia (SKOW-sha) sea.
Huh.
Roan
Oh man...now my head hurts http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-060.gif
Okay...I'm wrong, I give. LOL. I may have got it from how we say Nova Scotia, then again.....I am chronically confused :confused:
YoFishboy
03-16-2006, 1:19 AM
You say bow-she-ya, I say bow-tee-ya....
bow-she-ya, bow-tee-ya
bow-tee-ya, bow-she-ya
let's call the fish a loach....
Blinky
03-16-2006, 3:30 AM
ROTFL :laugh:
Roan Art
03-16-2006, 5:55 AM
Inertia.
THAT'S IT!
Thank you, Leopardess :)
Roan
Roan Art
03-16-2006, 5:57 AM
Oh man...now my head hurts http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-060.gif
Okay...I'm wrong, I give. LOL. I may have got it from how we say Nova Scotia, then again.....I am chronically confused :confused:
Nah, I'm just trying to show why someone would pronounce it that way.
Roan
mykidsmylife
03-16-2006, 9:13 AM
You say bow-she-ya, I say bow-tee-ya....
bow-she-ya, bow-tee-ya
bow-tee-ya, bow-she-ya
let's call the fish a loach....
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Oh that's good. Great..it's going to be in my head all day!