Post B2D3PRBg7Bvf5ax2A4 by cford@toot.thoughtworks.com
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 (DIR) Post #B2D2zxnIGHD2giOlQu by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-12T13:02:01Z
       
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       How do you pronounce these two words so you can tell them apart?Myrmicinae (The subfamily of ants featuring the leafcutter ants, harvester ants and many others)Myrmeciinae (The subfamily of ants featuring the Australian bull ants)Annoyingly they aren’t closely related, but they both contain charismatic stinging ants— among the formicoid ants stings are less common than among the waspy poneroids.(Are they just phasing out clade names that end in “oid” in general??
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D3M7x3B3Q8YrWxOq by adriano@lile.cl
       2026-01-12T13:05:55Z
       
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       @futurebird
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D3PRBg7Bvf5ax2A4 by cford@toot.thoughtworks.com
       2026-01-12T13:06:34Z
       
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       @futurebird Pronounce the latter with an Aussie accent.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D3amLvlMq9uy9eF6 by forestfjord@wandering.shop
       2026-01-12T13:08:29Z
       
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       @futurebird Differences in vowel shape, syllable weight and stress for me
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D3kCYXhzvnnCXxyq by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-12T13:10:13Z
       
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       @futurebird Not my are but I imagine it'd be:Mer-Mik-ee-nyeMer-Mek-ee-nye
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D3kujjRl1eoe7WWu by funkula@goblin.camp
       2026-01-12T13:10:20Z
       
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       @futurebird mere miss in ayMere misee in ayThat's my entirely uninformed stab at it
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DAwy4VZWlIJVX6tE by CommonMugwort@social.coop
       2026-01-12T14:31:03Z
       
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       @futurebird I would sayMir-MIK-in-ay and mir-mek-EE-in-ay
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DDoCnRkvaNEp49S4 by timtfj@mastodon.social
       2026-01-12T15:03:08Z
       
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       @futurebird If I had to say them, as a non-biologist and not knowing the convention if any, I'd stress them differently: mur-MISin-eye and mur-miSEEin-eye (Oo, possible mnemonic, too: "my seeing eye").
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DEKtHHLbGKG2baEK by flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange
       2026-01-12T15:09:00Z
       
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       @futurebird the two i’s are two separate syllables. I’m going to remember this by looking for the two dots next to each other and treating them as a diaeresis like iïsin-eeVs.sun-e-ee
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DIudUfuOpvXwAgUa by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
       2026-01-12T16:00:16Z
       
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       @futurebird Just murmur it and hope for the best.