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Hardest dinosaur name

Started by BlueKrono, September 21, 2016, 05:01:39 PM

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Flaffy

Quote from: BlueKrono on September 27, 2016, 08:43:36 AM
Like the "J" in Jacques or deja vu, and the "s" in treasure or television?
Jelly 'J'.


ceratopsian

Quote from: FlaffyRaptors on September 27, 2016, 09:25:30 AM
Quote from: BlueKrono on September 27, 2016, 08:43:36 AM
Like the "J" in Jacques or deja vu, and the "s" in treasure or television?
Jelly 'J'.

Thank you for this clarification - I'd never have guessed that sound.

acro-man

long English names for me.
I can hardly memorize and pronounce any name and get it spelt right.

In Chinese, EVERY name is comprised of simple elements.
say, you don't have to possess any medical knowledge to get a good guess of the meaning of  "pneumothorax" on the first sight of it.
because it's simply "air in chest"(气胸) in Chinese.
same as "Brachiosaurus", it's "arm dragon" (腕龙) in Chinese.


But I agree with the HARDEST NAMES being Chinese too -
The iconic 'Mamenchisaurus' is actually a wrong name.
Back in 1952, the discoverer stated he found fossils in "Mamingchi".
But, since he had very strong accent he almost spoke of "Mamenchi" all the time.
It was recorded in many reports, then finally "Mamenchisaurus" is kept, instead of "Mamingchisaurus".
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BlueKrono

I wonder where the name Tseajaia came from.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

Lanthanotus

Yi qi? Really not sure how that is pronounced...

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Neosodon

For me the hardest one to remember is Euoplocephalus. It is just so long and bland I had to look it up at least 20 times in my encyclopedia before I remembered it. :P

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