how do you pronounce "polyps"

[mcginnisandrew]

i know, total noob question, but i am a noob.

[mcginnisandrew]

i know, total noob question, but i am a noob.

[jrod11]

Paul Lip

[Blown 346]

Or Pol-Ips

[MTB]

2nd pol-IPS.

[uscharalph]

pol ips

[ArgonDreams]

According to dictionary.com it's "pol-ips".

Phonetically spelled it would be pronounced "PAUL IPS" per the pronunciation key from this source.

I have heard it pronounced "POLE IPS" and I believe this is incorrect and dictionary.com seems to back that up.

[dkh0331]

pol-ips

[bmrescort]

I pronounce it - those little round things with wild lookin centers, or those brown ones, or those green things in the corner. Just think of scallops but with a P instead of the sc.

[beansandmia]

pol-ips as well here.

[AZDesertRat]

paul lips

[swampjeep]

... and what exactly does this term refer to?

My understanding is that it is not one thing but a group of things that look like stems with a button, or flower looking head...
which there are tons of different types.

is this correct?

[Vin7250]

check this out! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyp)

[Travis L. Stevens]

I'm a "paw-lip" guy.

Here's a funner pronunciation setup for you. I pronounce various corals with the same symbol structure as below...
Acro-por-a
Mon-ti-por-a (or Monti-por-a)
Mille-por-a

I've met a couple people that pronounce them as follows:
A-crop-ora
Mon-tip-ora
Mill-ep-ora

Though it is the same word, it sounds so out of this world.
Ack-row-pore-uh versus Ah-crop-or-uh
Monty-pore-uh versus Mon-tip-or-uh

[dkh0331]

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/resources/pronunciations/index/p.html

Click on polyp

[WaterKeeper]

:lol:

How do you pronounce cnidarians? :D

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11286026#post11286026 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
:lol:

How do you pronounce cnidarians? :D


Trying to start WWIII Tom? People can't even agree on how to pronounce polyp and your throwing cnidarians out there?

:lmao:

[hybridgenius]

Its like saying toe-may-toe or to-mah-toe. I pronounce polyps as PAUL-LIPS because thats how i learned it from my marine biology professor lol.

[steven_dean17]

HOOKED on PHONICS!!! Hey! there are people from other countries you know. POLE-IPS might offend some! LOL

[Vin7250]

was he from brooklyn hybridgenius?? :)

[hybridgenius]

Nope! but very close... BOSTON BABY! lol

[Vin7250]

just say PAUL-IPS out loud everyone.....it sounds like someone from brooklyn saying polyps

[kipher]

Click on the link for pronunciation. There is a play button you need to click on.

Polyp (http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Polyp.html)

[Swanwillow]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11286026#post11286026 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
:lol:

How do you pronounce cnidarians? :D

nid-arr-e-ans

[slapshot16]

zo-as or zoos?

[hybridgenius]

Not really vin7250... brooklyn style would be PAU-LIPS not PAW-LIPS(paul-lips should i say haha).

[Vin7250]

if you say so lol

[steven_dean17]

You north eastern people don't talk right anyway. My wife/sister said so!!!!

[sanababit]

poo-lips

[jamiep]

Those things! Lol!

[cpl40475]

houkked one fonics wurked fer me
lmao that funny

[zhenjw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11287766#post11287766 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Vin7250
if you say so lol

Hey question for you vin7250, how do you pronounce whip?

Is it w-hip or wip.

[WaterKeeper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11287229#post11287229 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Swanwillow
nid-arr-e-ans

Only for those that have Latin for a first language and most of them are dead. :D

[Swanwillow]

LOL, or those of us that were bashed over the head by biology teachers in college learning all of the silly words.