Deinonychus pronounciation

[Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>]

Since we're on the subject:

One personal pet peeve is the most common pronounciation of Deinonychus:

DIE-no-NYE-kus

However, the name breaks down as Dein (terrible) - onychus (claws), and it
should be pronounced

Dien-ON-i-kus

(which is how Ostrom pronounces it, anyway).

Unfortunately, most of the AMNH crew pronounce their own animal Mononykus as

Mon-o-NYE-kus

Ah, well, there are worse problems in the world than pronounciation...

Just my $0.02.

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
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