stupid question

[mcshell]

how to you pronounce cichlid?

 

[Flex26]

sick-lid.

hehe - I had trouble with that one too... I was first thinking sitch-lid. lol

 

[JWright]

Nah, "cichlid" is easy, try "mbuna"

 

[mariners]

lmao ok this is so weird, i was just thinking about asking the same "stupid question" as mcshell and then after reading Flex26's post, i thought well what about mbuna.......
...i would say m-boo-na (but thats just my messed up opinion)

 

[pooky182]

i think i would say ma-bu-na or um-bu-na
what is mbuna really then?

 

[blueturq]

it's pronounced UM-BOO-NA

they are called Mbuna because certain africans are from Lake Mbuna

 

[JWright]

Uh.. "mbuna" means "rock dweller" in the local dialect. Most mbunas come from Lake Malawi (in addition to Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria), and live in the rocky areas of the lake (hence the name).

 

[TaffyFish]

LOL, how I wish blueturq was right, that's a brilliant post!
umBOOna is how I would pronounce it...but let's keep this thread going......

how do YOU say aufwuchs?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

how do you say....taffy lost me?

aufufu what?! LOL

I say mm-boo-na

 

[JWright]

"um-BOO-na" (or "mm-BOO-na" depending on how you want to write it) is the correct pronounciation.

I have no idea what an "aufwuchs" is.

 

[MySonsMother]

Uh.. "mbuna" means "rock dweller" in the local dialect. Most mbunas come from Lake Malawi (in addition to Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria), and live in the rocky areas of the lake (hence the name).


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I have friends from Malawi and their last name is Mzembe and it is pronounced....ma-zem-bee so I would say ma-boo-na.

 

[Somonas]

aww-fuwks are the snails, invertebrates and plant matter that umm-boona feed off rocks in Lake Malawi.

 

[Purple]

Ah - so that explains their behaviour......"aww-fuwk not this stuff again...."

 

[JWright]

Hmmm...and I thought I knew everything... awww well

 

[fishboy]

Archocentrus?

Archo-sen-trus?