Re: Tiktaalik

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Tiktaalik
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:39:59 +0200
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I can't imagine why the first syllable would be rendered
"tic" rather than "tik" except that "tic" is an English word


Basically that was my question. :-)

(but then why not simply "tic TALL ick"?).

Probably because non-American English speakers use something more like an "oh" sound for this one.

References:
- Tiktaalik
  - From: Danvarner@aol.com
- Re: Tiktaalik
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>