What's Catching You Fish?

[clarkman]

All those “C” fish…what, no cobia or coelacanth?

I've always wondered why 'Coelacanth' is pronounced with an 's' sound....

 

[Matt B]

I've always wondered why 'Coelacanth' is pronounced with an 's' sound....

If it comes from the Greek koilos which is definitely a hard K sound, and Latin is a dead language for which nobody alive knows the true pronunciation, that's a strong argument for a "koy-la-kanth" pronunciation.




Wikipedia sez: The word Coelacanth is an adaptation of the Modern Latin Cœlacanthus ('hollow spine'), from the Ancient Greek κοῖλ-ος (koilos, 'hollow') and ἄκανθ-α (akantha, 'spine'),[16] referring to the hollow caudal fin rays of the first fossil specimen described and named by Louis Agassiz in 1839, belonging to the genus Coelacanthus.[10]: 1

 

[clarkman]

that's a strong argument for a "koy-la-kanth" pronunciation.

That's not what Google's AI said.

That's actually very interesting!

 

[Northern]

All those “C” fish…what, no cobia or coelacanth?

How cool would a coelacanth be!?!

 

[Brute]

How cool would a coelacanth be!?!

That wiggle bug would have to dig a bit deeper for that…