did anyone know that the p in pteri is silent?

Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:25 pm

I've always pronounced the Neopets names correctly.

I'm such a geek, I went to the pronunciation page and memorized everything. :wink: :oops:

Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:24 am

Xil wrote:I don't care what anyone says! I shall forever refer to the Pteri as Pet-tree!

*lets out a sigh of relief* I thought I was the only one!
I feel quite embarrased now. Whenever I see pteri I just automatically see "petree".

TiggersHB wrote:Pteri is ok, I've never had trouble with it. But oh, that Grarrl!! *growls* What an evil word!!!. I had to take speech class when I was in elementry school because my "r"s would sound like "w"'s. So that is one evil word. I don't even attempt to pronounce it lol. I just say "the mean looking G one"

HAHA! I had to go to a class for that too! Did you have problems saying 'Road' and 'Word' correctly? I sure did... :oops:

Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:26 am

really?! I never knew that. I always pronounced it as "Puh-teary"

Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:48 am

I pronounce it Pee-tree. Like the little bird in The Land Before Time. That is what I thought it was based after. :?

Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:05 am

I didn't see mention of Lupe yet. I have always pronounced it as Loopay. Stumbled across the pronunciation page some time ago and they say it's Loop, I feel weird saying it correctly. Same with Pteri, I say it the same as everconfused does, and that will never change. Eyrie is Ear-ree, I don't know how some of you say eye-ree.

Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:41 am

igotphunk wrote:
TiggersHB wrote:Pteri is ok, I've never had trouble with it. But oh, that Grarrl!! *growls* What an evil word!!!. I had to take speech class when I was in elementry school because my "r"s would sound like "w"'s. So that is one evil word. I don't even attempt to pronounce it lol. I just say "the mean looking G one"

HAHA! I had to go to a class for that too! Did you have problems saying 'Road' and 'Word' correctly? I sure did...

Yeah. I especially had trouble with my name...it's Erin. For years I was calling myself Ewin :oops:

lol

Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:08 am

TiggersHB wrote:
igotphunk wrote:
TiggersHB wrote:Pteri is ok, I've never had trouble with it. But oh, that Grarrl!! *growls* What an evil word!!!. I had to take speech class when I was in elementry school because my "r"s would sound like "w"'s. So that is one evil word. I don't even attempt to pronounce it lol. I just say "the mean looking G one"

HAHA! I had to go to a class for that too! Did you have problems saying 'Road' and 'Word' correctly? I sure did...

Yeah. I especially had trouble with my name...it's Erin. For years I was calling myself Ewin lol

Aha. OMG that's so cute. My name it's Brie. So. Whenever someone asked me what my name was, I'd tell them 'Bwee'. Although, when someone asks me now, no one ever gets it right the first time. :lol:

Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:12 am

Demonish wrote:I've always pronounced the Neopets names correctly.

I'm such a geek, I went to the pronunciation page and memorized everything. :wink:

Heehee - I have always pronounced them correctly as well. Most are logical, and those that aren't, I look up.

Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:54 am

DarkAngel wrote:I didn't see mention of Lupe yet. I have always pronounced it as Loopay. Stumbled across the pronunciation page some time ago and they say it's Loop, I feel weird saying it correctly.

I'm the same! I always pronounced lupe as "loo-pay" as in the name renee... I don't think I can bring myself to call it loop, that sounds too dopey.

Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:00 am

omg! I forgot about Lupe! I don't pronounce it loop either. I pronounce it loop-ee

Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:30 am

Yeah, I'll always call it lup-ay. I was embarrassed, I went to a McDonald's for the lupe plushies, and asked for the "lup-ay's". The girl at the counter rolled her eyes and said, "They're loops. You don't play Neopets, do you?" I smiled and said, "I just got the lab map." I felt like such a loser! :oops:

Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:31 am

I never knew it was silent ... i always said Pah-teri ...

Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:43 am

Yeah, I saw the McD's commercial, and said "that's not how you say blumaroo!" So I went to the pronunciations, and it was right. And Mynci. How do you even form that word correctly in your mouth?! I say "min-see", but the pronunciation thing makes it seem like you have to get your mouth wired shut to say it correctly.

Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:09 am

I was into dinosaurs when I was a kid. I've learned to pick out silent p's (eg: pterodactyl).

Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:17 am

I usally pronounced it Pet-ree or Pe-tree (once again, The Land Before Time)

I never care about other people pronoucation.

Like with Pythagoras. It's pronouced Py-tha-gras but I say it as Py-the-gor-as