Jesse Ellis asked: "How official is official? Do you have a source for this assertion, or is this just a vote?" A number of people provided sources. Here's one: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaup Bernie Sloan Milwaukee --- On Mon, 2/13/12, Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [wisb] Re: How do you pronounce the word "Scaup"? > To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:44 PM > How official is official? Do you have > a source for this assertion, or is > this just a vote? > Jesse > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I received quite a few responses to my question about > how to pronounce > > "Scaup". > > > > It's official...I've been mispronouncing "Scaup" all my > days as a birder. > > I pronounced the "cau" so that it rhymed with "cow". > Turns out the "cau" is > > pronounced "kaw", so the word is pronounced like > "Skawp". > > > > Funny thing is that I'll probably keep pronouncing it > wrong. For some > > reason it's really difficult to make my mouth say > "Skawp". :-) > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Jesse Ellis > Post-doctoral Researcher > Dept. of Zoology > University of Wisconsin - Madison > Madison, Dane Co, WI > > > #################### > 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