How to Say Cichlid

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odinthejd

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Yeah I was at Petco (which I hate!) Got some supplies cause I needed badly so I went there not the LFS cause the LFS is further away and was a mini emergency! ( Fish had some weird thing on his head) and I got there I was like yeah my cichlid has a weird thing on his head. The (fish expert) corrected me saying no its chick-lids. I was like whatever buddy Im 14 and I know how 2 say it and your the EXPERT and you don't know how to say it. And I have heard other people say it that way!
 

livebearerfreak

you are hypnotized! LOL
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i say it like sick-lid i HATE it when ppl say chick-lid even my aunt says it that way... i try to corect her tho but dont work..
 

tanker

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#2 is correct.
 

toddnbecka

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I read somewhere (seems to me it was in Axelrod's Atlas) that the correct pronounciation is SEEKlid, but 99% of the folks I've talked to pronounce it SICKlid.
 

BettaFishMommy

finkids make me happy :-)
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just by looking at the word 'cichlid' i don't know how anyone would get a 'ch' noise out of 'ci'.......... it's pronounced sicklid, and there is no other way! lol.
 

Coler

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I personally pronounce it 'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome'.

*ahem* number 1 is correct
 
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