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I'm interested to see if anyone knows the phonetic spellings of some of these species. I really only talk to people online (here and some other lists) about cham's, as there are not many around here with them or that know anything about them. I was at an exotic animal and reptile show this weekend, and I was very surprised at how some of these names are pronunciated. Can someone either give the phonetic spelling or spell it like it would sound??

For example, R. Brevicaudatus...I can spell it, but I don't know how to say it. I can sound it out, but is the second "a" long or short??? Brev-ee-cau-day-tus or Brev-ee-cau-duh-tus or neither???
And Melleri...is the "i" long or short...
Mell-er-eye or Mell-er-ee??? See what I mean? I know this is a strange/dumb question, but it's bugging me.
Most of the others are obvious, but I thought I'd ask.

Kristen
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I pronounce first like this Brev-ee-cau-day-tus. As for Melleri i use long "i" which also sounds like mell-er-eye..

Thanks...that's what I thought on both, but I heard someone say "Brevicaudatus" differently...but I can't remember exactly how they pronounced it.

Take care!
Kristen
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Well, being a former latin scholar, the correct, to ME pronunciations are

Bre - vee - cau - DAY - tus

And

Mell - er - EYE

Hope that helps a little,
Jamie
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I speak spanish, and to some degree, french, portugese, and italian. All latin languages.
For the most part, these languages have a shortened sound to their vowels, i.e.:
a- ah (got)
e- eh (get)
I- ee (eat)
o- o (no)
u- oo (goose)
I am no latin scholar, but I would think that latin pronunciations would more or less follow the same protocols. However, I have noticed (at least in english speaking circles) that i is usually given a long form:
i- eye (mel-lair-EYE)
Sorry, I know this is off topic, but I want to know about correct latin pronunciation .
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Victor Gomez
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yeah, the AE combination is what produces the 'eye' sound in latin