I, too, say "skawp" - most of the time. Here's a link to a Bird Forum discussion of this and other bird name pronunciations. Some of the comments are rather amusing. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=124255 Cathy Mauer Medford On 2/8/2012 7:17 PM, Dar Tiede wrote: > I would say "skawp" rather than "scowp" or "scop". "Scop" sounds like a > scaup that is called out by a birder from Boston. > Dar Tiede > Appleton > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "B.G. Sloan"<bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:49 PM > To: "wisbirdn"<wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [wisb] How do you pronounce the word "Scaup"? > >> In talking with a few other birders this week along Milwaukee's lakefront >> I've started to think that maybe I am mispronouncing the word "Scaup". I >> pronounce the "cau" like the word "cow", so it sounds like "Scowp". The >> other birders pronounced the "caup" like "cop", so it sounds like "Scop". >> >> Maybe it's just my latent southern accent compared to a Great Lakes >> accent. :-) Just curious... >> >> Bernie Sloan >> Milwaukee >> #################### >> You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin >> Birding Network (Wisbirdn). >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: >> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn >> To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: >> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn >> Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn >> >> >> > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn