dip-lo-do-cus vs di-plod-o-cus

[3duracellbunnies]

Dh and I learnt one version when we were young, dd1 learnt a different pronounciation, but now none of us can remember which is the contemporary pronounciation, and ds really, really wants to know what it is called.

I thought most dinosaurs had been discontinued .
Sorry, couldn't resist.

international version makes sense. Most countries don't have that long 'oh' sound.

i say dip-low-docus but i am starting to prefer the way my 4yo says it - dippo-coco-pus

Thanks, even more confused, went with the natural history museum one, he is delighted with his 'dippa doc a gus gus' (he is only 2.5), maybe I didn't need to worry so much!

Dinosaur Train on Nick Jnr is very good for this.

The conductor (a Troe-o-don) says Orni-tho-My-mus. I had been getting it wrong.

I seem to remember the diplodocus question coming up on Simon Mayo but can't remember the answer. I think is was Dip-lo-DOC-us.

Gosh, had no idea was there was a choice. Have always stressed the "plod".

It has to be di-PLOD-uh-cus if we are to carry on enjoying Jack Prelutsky's poem, which I won't quote in its entirety because I'm too lazy for copyright reasons. It's from the picture book "Tyrannosaurus was a Beast".

The last stanza is

Diplodocus never could move very fast
because of its ponderous size,
it lived long ago, and its time is now past,
and Diplodocus plodded along long ago,
Diplodocus plodded along.

According to DD it's a Diplodoculus...

Personally I like Dip-low-doe-cus.

It's a Dip-lo-doe-cus

Di PLOD o cuss according to ds's NHM Dino Dinners book.

I said dip low doh via growing up but checking my dinosaur books they told you to say the PLOD version.

I was taught diplo-docus and prefer it - and senua's explanation makes perfect sense. I don't see any need to change it to dip-LOD-ocus and therefore haven't.
[old gimmer]

It's the 'LOW' pronunciation

According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, it's dip -lod-o-cus. The stress is on the second syllable -lod- and the letter in the syllable -o- (on its own) and the letter in -cus- are schwas or weak vowel sounds.

My brother (geologist and science teacher) says the "low" pronounciation. He'd also like to tell you that "Brontosaurus" is pronounced "Apatasaurus" now.

"My brother (geologist and science teacher) says the "low" pronounciation. He'd also like to tell you that "Brontosaurus" is pronounced "Apatasaurus" now."
Your brother's right! 'Brontosaurus' is now known as 'Apatosaurus'. The ORT were definitely ahead of the game in realising this when they called their long-necked, long-tailed, fat-bellied dinosaur 'Apatosaurus'. I thought they'd made it up when I first saw it!