PLEASE HELP ME PRONOUNCE COURTNIX OR COTURNIX?

[kryptoniteqhs]

This has been driving me CRAZY!!

Ive heard it pronounced several different ways....yes very new to this quail stuff......can someone give me the lowdown!?

 

[Boyd]

Japenese Quail.... saves the embarrassment of either saying it wrong or someone else doing it too.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Co- turn- ix I belive is the proper way. Around here me and everyone else pronounce it cort-nix.
ETA: Am right monarc? Have I learned? LOL

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

hmmm so bf n i r both right then....ive been calling them coturnix and hes been call them cort-nix aye yie yie!

 

[monarc23]

LOL yes you're right Brian and Kaylee!!!

CO TURN-IX basically said how it's spelled. The only thing is the "CO" is pronounced "KA" like "KA-TURN-ICKS"

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

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yay!!!
well he just hatched out 20 or so of those yesterday, well those and button....i can pronounce button all by myself!!

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

cu-turn-ix

cuturnix

coturnix

coturnix


sorry but this is what im doing by myself right now lol......

 

[Lophura]

I also feel that it depends on what part of the country you are in. I've heard all kinds of different ways.

It is one of the few birds whose common name is actually its genus name, Coturnix (Anhinga is another). It is Latin for quail and from most of the reference material I have seen over the years in peer-reviewed journals, "kuh-tur-niks" seems to be the official way.

Another reason I feel that our domestic "Coturnix" are a blend of more than one species in the genus.

Dan

 

[monarc23]

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Yep from my research i agree with this completely. It's amazing they were crossed so much and still able to keep being fertile (im suprised they didn't go sterile). I'm also suprised that since so many subspecies were crossed (from my readings) that there isn't more colors

LOL!

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

I have always pronounced it Court-nix. I didn't notice it was actually spelled Coturnix