Thanks, Christian, for clearing that up...I think  :-)

I believe Strike has it right in stating (gawd I love it wheen you talk
technical) that the Ozzzie users are complete 'idomatics' who are
'greatly mistaken' in their pronunciation and 'up the shit bonzer' to
their eyeballs.  <BWG>

Best regards,
Russ


Christian Gerzner wrote:
> Crusty wrote:
>
>
>>Ahoy me mates in OZ, I have a question for you.
>>
>>Elisa and I, while enjoying a delicious home cooked dinner of wild king
>>salmon and a fine bottle of New Zealand Nautilus chardonay, watched a
>>Discovery Channel special from OZ on cephlopods.  Of course the infamous
>>blue ring, terror of the deep, was a feature.  :-)
>>
>>All thoughout the program, the Ozzie host pronounced the invertebrate
>>cephlapods as 'kef-lopods' with a hard 'K' sound.  I've always heard it
>>pronounced with a soft 'C' sound as in 'seph-lopod'.  Is the 'Kef-lopod'
>>pronounciation common in Oz?
>
>
> Well, I have never heard it pronounced with a hard C and, indeed, all
> my dictionaries (or at least the four I have at home) show that the
> pronunciation is with a soft C.
>
> Mind you the derivation is Greek "kephale" meaning head  which, of
> course, has a hard "c" if you like, and "pous podos" foot so what do
> we know? Then again, I know nothing about Greek and maybe a Greek "k"
> is actually a soft "c". Nope, note "kilo" as in the Greek "khililoi".
>
> Errrmmmmm, may I, most respectfully, point out that it's actually
> Ceph*q* ..., In mean Ceph*w* ..., I mean Ceph*s* ..., I mean Ceph*z*
> ... Oh sh*t, so I'll agree with you, it's Cephalopod.
>
> Aaaaahhhhhhh. ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christian
>