How to pronounce "astrapia"

[Ellen Blackstone]

Hey, 'Chatters!

How do ~you~ pronounce the name of the Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of New Guinea?

uh-STRAY-pee-uh

uh-STRAH-pee-uh

a different way?

Off-line is fine.

I'm working on a story about Birds of Paradise for BirdNote. [In
searching for pronunciations in general, I ran across this discussion of
the pronunciation of "jacana".
http://10000birds.com/jacana-pronunciation-poll.htm
Almost as many pronunciations as there were respondents!]

Thanks for your help!

Ellen Blackstone, Seattle WA
ellen AT 123imagine DOT NET

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[Ronald Orenstein]

I've always heard the second option (for all species in the genus, of course!)

 Ronald Orenstein
1825 Shady Creek Court
Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2
Canada




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From: Ellen Blackstone <ellen@...>
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Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 6:28:44 PM
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] How to pronounce "astrapia"

Hey, 'Chatters!

How do ~you~ pronounce the name of the Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of New Guinea?

uh-STRAY-pee-uh

uh-STRAH-pee-uh

a different way?

Off-line is fine.

I'm working on a story about Birds of Paradise for BirdNote. [In searching for pronunciations in general, I ran across this discussion of the pronunciation of "jacana". http://10000birds.com/jacana-pronunciation-poll.htm
Almost as many pronunciations as there were respondents!]

Thanks for your help!

Ellen Blackstone, Seattle WA
ellen AT 123imagine DOT NET

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[Jerry Blinn]

This site might be helpful . . .

http://capewest.ca/pron.html

. . . except that it doesn't necessarily agree with . . .

http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/frank/KISS//kiss10.htm

. . . and certainly doesn't agree with my four years of school Latin . . .

. . . nor with other sources.

Jerry

At 04:28 PM 10/31/2009, Ellen Blackstone wrote:
>Hey, 'Chatters!
>
>How do ~you~ pronounce the name of the Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of New Guinea?

Jerry Blinn
Perceptive Systems
Placitas, NM
505-867-6255
jerry@...
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