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Arrival of Bruda Whales in marine park near Koh Samui points to good ecology


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28 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Bryde's whale. Strange new spelling.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryde's_whale

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Bryde's whale (/ˈbrʊdəz/ BRUU-dəz Brooder's),

 

So kind of a phonetic misunderstanding.

Bryde is a Norwegian(?) and pronounced similar to bruda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bryde

 

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2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

From the article:

 

Bryde's whale (/ˈbrʊdəz/ BRUU-dəz Brooder's),

 

So kind of a phonetic misunderstanding.

Bryde is a Norwegian(?) and pronounced similar to bruda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bryde

 

We should not go around changing spellings willy-nilly to assist us ignorant Yanks.

 

I never knew how to pronounce Gouda cheese properly until I went to Japan for 3 months

 

The Japanese still say Vincent Van Gogh incorrectly.

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16 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

We should not go around changing spellings willy-nilly to assist us ignorant Yanks.

 

I never knew how to pronounce Gouda cheese properly until I went to Japan for 3 months

 

The Japanese still say Vincent Van Gogh incorrectly.

I have a friend who is from Hong Kong.

Her pronunciation of Don Quixote always made me laugh.

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I saw an article a few weeks ago about these whales in the gulf of Thailand. Due to overfishing the whales are starving. They have devised a new method of feeding and are having to work in groups to round up small fish, cos thats all there is ! and take turns in grabbing a mouthful. They are in trouble and are desperate to find fish. Thats why they visited the National Park. Completely the opposite reason to what the officials said.

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