How to pronounce 'Jerboa' ?

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IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Using international phonetic alphabet:

dʒbəʊʌ

Using English:

J - as in Jump

er - as is teachER

b - as in Boat

o - as in shOW

a - as in Up

frankivo@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 3y
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_s10e@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y

Wikipedia has it as: /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/

Yours is missung the vowel after the j.

Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)
KaKi87@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I didn't know it was an animal, thanks !

SheeEttin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

it's also a meme: https://roing.us/

jsveiga@vlemmy.net · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

J, like in GIF...

bonfire921@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 3y

Ah, Gerboa. Got it

hellothere@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 3y

Jer as in Her, and Jerk

Boa as in the snake, and fancy feather number

karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y

I pronounce it like this:

https://youtu.be/BhecZbJscpY

Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y

A cross between gerbil and boa constrictor.

No I don't mean "food." Jerboa.

BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y

I was ~reading it Jebroa all that time.. Oops

riptwo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y

Hopefully just like the name of the character in The Howling 3: The Marsupials, or I’ve been getting it wrong this whole time.

JCreazy@midwest.social · -4 pts · 3y

The correct way