Me too...this is the main reason I've stayed away from keeping african cichlids.
I've always heard it pronounced eh-hime with the eh sounding like "A".
How do you say "eheim"?
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Me too...this is the main reason I've stayed away from keeping african cichlids.
I've always heard it pronounced eh-hime with the eh sounding like "A".
I'm thinking E HI-EM is correct only because it comes from Germany...
I still pronounce it EE - HYM (or EEE HIME)
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Extinct? Since when?
Ever since I heard about Eheim, I've always pronounced it eh-hime. 
And it's sick-lid, not chich-lid. Where do you get that h from? :hitting:
And it's sick-lid, not chich-lid. Where do you get that h from? :hitting:
Properly, it would be "kick-hlid", but no one pronounces it that way. Oh well.
As far as Eheim, I say, "ee-hime", even though it's not the correct German pronunciation. Seems to get the point across. Remember, pronunciation is subservient to communication!
As far as Eheim, I say, "ee-hime", even though it's not the correct German pronunciation. Seems to get the point across. Remember, pronunciation is subservient to communication!
If you spell it right, you'll pronounce it right. Cichlid - Sick-lid. Note only the second "c" has an "h".
Eh, I think most folks say "oh-toe" rather than "aw-toe", but it doesn't really have a correct pronunciation; it's not even a word, just an abbreviation.
The proper classical pronunciation of Otocinclus, if you're interested, would be "aw-toe-keen-klus", not "oh-toe-seenk-lus", the way most American fishkeepers would pronounce it, so your pronunciation is justifiable.
The proper classical pronunciation of Otocinclus, if you're interested, would be "aw-toe-keen-klus", not "oh-toe-seenk-lus", the way most American fishkeepers would pronounce it, so your pronunciation is justifiable.
Yeah, but taxonomic names aren't classical Latin; indeed, they're often as much Greek as Latin. They've traditionally been pronounced pretty much as is natural for the language of the speaker.
We could make the "chiclid" people feel better by using an ecclesiastical pronunciation - "Cichlidae" would be "Chicliday"
But we don't. Except in Italy.
We could make the "chiclid" people feel better by using an ecclesiastical pronunciation - "Cichlidae" would be "Chicliday"
But we don't. Except in Italy.
