Is it pronounced diplodocus or diplodocus?
I’m a diplodocus, chomp, chomp, chomp! But some, particularly in the scientific community, prefer to call the diplodocus, which lived in North America about 150 million years ago, the “dip-LOD-er-cus”. The BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs did this in 1999, as per the BBC Pronunciation Unit’s advice.
How do you pronounce the dinosaur name Diplodocus?
How do you pronounce Diplodocus UK?
Weighing more than 15 tonnes and broad around the hips, the diplodocus was quite an animal. Generations of UK dinosaur enthusiasts have grown up speaking of a “DIP-lo-DOH-cus”.