We have that pronounciation on tapes by Tucker (with is Boston accent).  We
love it!
 
"Thomas E. Eichhorst" wrote:
 
> Jim,
>
> Believe it or not there is an album (remember those things we had before
> CDs?) that has both sides full of nothing but the pronunciation of shell
> scientific names.  This record was done by R. Tucker Abbott while he was
> at the Delaware Museum.  I think he pronounces something like 2400
> names!!  My kids always got a good laugh when they would come across
> this album in the record cabinet.  Anyway, he starts by saying there IS
> NO correct way to pronounce these names but only ways that have become
> generally accepted and that often pronunciation will differ from place
> to place around the world.  After saying that, he starts naming names,
> as it were.  Chlamys becomes clam-is with the accent on the clam.
>
> So for maybe the first time on Conch-L I offer not MY opinion but that
> of the venerable shell man himself.
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
> P.S.  If anyone from the list ever stops by and wants to have a fun
> evening listening to this album they are more than welcome.  Just give
> me a chance to set it up and then leave and watch a movie until it is
> done.
>
> Jim Miller wrote:
>  No, my topic is much more
> > mundane: What is the correct pronunciation of "Chlamys"? I have heard it
> > several different ways. Anyone have the definitive answer?
 
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations