How do you pronounce...

[JudyJudyJudy]

fungi?

Also, do you say fungi or funguses for the plural of fungus?

[tata]

"Fun-guy"

And I say "fungi."

[Suzette]

Fun Guy.
As in, a mushroom walkes into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry sir, we don't serve mushrooms."

"Why not?" asks the mushroom. "I'm a fun guy."

[SingingMom]

I say "fun ji"

And I, too, say "fungi".

[Gigi]

Fungi is the plural of fungus, pronounced "fun-guy."

[JudyJudyJudy]

According to both Merriam-Webster.com and Dictionary.com, either pronunciation is acceptable, and either plural is acceptable.

[JustMoi]

Fun ji

And fungi, not funguses.

[Meredith]

"Fun-guy"

And I say "fungi."

That.

[Sputterduck]

yeah fun guy

[QuiltyConscience]

fung guy, fungi

funguses sounds weird. Like saying rhinocerouses or mouses would sound strange.

I wonder if it's one of those things that becomes acceptable because so many people say it.

I also wonder about these words:
Certificated ( in place of certified)
Interpretated ( in place of Interpreted)

[JudyJudyJudy]

fung guy, fungi

funguses sounds weird. Like saying rhinocerouses or mouses would sound strange.

I wonder if it's one of those things that becomes acceptable because so many people say it.

I also wonder about these words:
Certificated ( in place of certified)
Interpretated ( in place of Interpreted)
Certificated is only used as a transitive verb, so it wouldn't be correct to say, "She is certificated to teach middle school math."

I don't believe I've ever heard interpretated used.

I'm going to go look in my old Webster's downstairs and see what it says about funguses.

[JudyJudyJudy]

Okay, I looked in my 1951 Webster's. It also gives both fungi and funguses as the plural forms of fungus.

In addition, it gives certificated as a transitive verb, but it doesn't show interpretated.

[HammBugga]

Fun guy

[JudyJudyJudy]

Oh, yeah, rhinoceroses is acceptable, too.

[SingingMom]

Don't forget orientated. When I was a kid, orient was a verb, and one oriented oneself. There were orienteering classes for backpackers. Now one orientates.

I am seeing certificated more and more frequently where people mean certified.

I have no justification for it, but an English teacher encouraged me to use fungi when I was discussing, say, a group of similar mushrooms, and funguses when discussing several different genera. I can't find anything in a dictionary that describes such use.

[JudyJudyJudy]

I have no justification for it, but an English teacher encouraged me to use fungi when I was discussing, say, a group of similar mushrooms, and funguses when discussing several different genera. I can't find anything in a dictionary that describes such use.
It sounds like the difference between fish and fishes.

[tata]

Oh, yeah, rhinoceroses is acceptable, too.
What else might it be?

And, a bit off-topic, but I love that a group of them is called a "crash."

What do you call more than one plecostomus?

[JudyJudyJudy]

What else might it be?
It can also be rhinoceri or simply rhinoceros.


And, a bit off-topic, but I love that a group of them is called a "crash."
Cool! I didn't know that! :D


What do you call more than one plecostomus?
Plecos? I'm not sure plecostomus has a plural since it's actually the genus name.

[tata]

My DH firmly declared that the plural of rhinoceros is "rhinoceroni." DD says "rhinos!" "lol9" Can I call 'em "ry-noss-er-roses?" I call Worcestershire sauce "worse-cess-ter-shire."

I knew it was hippopotami. A group of them is also called a "crash."

[Laurens_Mom]

Fun Guy.

[Shades]

Why does everyone like Mr. Mushroom?

Because he's a fun guy!

[JudyJudyJudy]

Why does everyone like Mr. Mushroom?

Because he's a fun guy!
:D

[HIJKMommy]

I also say Fun guy.

[Babyblue]

I have come to realize in the past few weeks that my use of the English language when I type and write is horrible. Spell check is my best friend and the only reason I don't come across as 10 years old.

scratch that Judy's 10 year old most likely spells, types, punctuates and articulates better then me.

[QuiltyConscience]

My DH firmly declared that the plural of rhinoceros is "rhinoceroni." DD says "rhinos!" "lol9" Can I call 'em "ry-noss-er-roses?" I call Worcestershire sauce "worse-cess-ter-shire."

I knew it was hippopotami. A group of them is also called a "crash."

Rhinoceroni, lol.. And I don't call worcestershire sauce anything If I can avoid it 'cause I can't say it.

[QuiltyConscience]

What else might it be?

And, a bit off-topic, but I love that a group of them is called a "crash."

What do you call more than one plecostomus?

I'd call one Kirby and the other one Hoover. If there's a third I'd call it Dyson.

[HIJKMommy]

I'd call one Kirby and the other one Hoover. If there's a third I'd call it Dyson.


OMG you made my night.

[QuiltyConscience]

Certificated is only used as a transitive verb, so it wouldn't be correct to say, "She is certificated to teach middle school math."

I don't believe I've ever heard interpretated used.

I'm going to go look in my old Webster's downstairs and see what it says about funguses.

Judy, the head of our department at school would say things like:

"We need to conversate on how the Deaf Student's performance in class dependances largely on how the class is Interpretated by our Certificated Interpretators"

She drove me bananas with her suffixesingness. It was embarrassing to be called an Interpretator by your freaking boss.

[JudyJudyJudy]

Judy, the head of our department at school would say things like:

"We need to conversate on how the Deaf Student's performance in class dependances largely on how the class is Interpretated by our Certificated Interpretators"

She drove me bananas with her suffixesingness. It was embarrassing to be called an Interpretator by your freaking boss.
Bless her heart.

[QuiltyConscience]

Oh, I blessed her heart almost every.single.day.

[JudyJudyJudy]

"lol9"

[tata]

Rhinoceroni, lol.. And I don't call worcestershire sauce anything If I can avoid it 'cause I can't say it.

I used to avoid it too before my brother said he wants to annunciate every syllable and pronounced it that way. Now it's almost fun. Wor-sess-ter-shire!

[foxinsocks]

I had a microbiology teacher that would say fun-gee, (like the karate outfit- or rhymes with sea.) She would stress it so hard, and say it with such nasal force, that it always stuck with me.

I believe it is Latin so the plural is fungi and the singular is fungus.

[foxinsocks]

Being from Mass and living proximal to Worcester, pronounced wistah, I would pronounce the sauce "wistahshear sauce." But I talk a little funny anyway.

[QuiltyConscience]

Being from Mass and living proximal to Worcester, pronounced wistah, I would pronounce the sauce "wistahshear sauce." But I talk a little funny anyway.


Now that pronunciation I think I could manage.
"Will one of y'all hand me the wistahshear?"

[Meredith]

I'm from SC, and that sounds somewhat like my pronunciation of it (worcestershire). I avoid purchasing, using, and saying it. LOL.

[JudyJudyJudy]

Here are six pronunciations of worcestershire:

http://forvo.com/word/worcestershire/