Historically I was told (as we have several term, such as cephalometric) it
was the UK way to pronounce it with a "k" sound, apparently closer to the
Latin pronounciation as it should be.

Cheers,
Poe
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Krazy Kiwi" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Question re: common Oz pronounciation of
cephlopod...


> Damn ... I thought I had written another paragraph on this original
> question of Crusty's ..  but just realised, now that the archives are back
> up again, that I was only talking about it on the phone with Strike ... me
> forgot to write it up in my previous post.
>
> > 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?
>
> Shirley Slack-Smith, our Perth authority on cephalopods, pronounced it
with
> the hard 'K' sound.  When it came to question time I did query this as
most
> of us Sandgropers sound it with the soft 'C'.  She advised it could be
> either way.
> Who I am to argue about the 'p' and 'q's considering I am always being
> pulled up by the aussies for kiwi-spek involving e's and i's ;-)
> Viv
>