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bleeding_sarcasm · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:26 AM

I am writing up the tags for some really beautiful early Red Group Colombian Boas we are selling on consignment at the show [ill need to take pics, they are BEAUTIFUL]

So, whats the right spelling? Lots of things come up, and in a book, its written "Columbian" but, on a map, and wikipedia spells it "Colombia" which... would make it "Colombian", Right?

Input appreciated!
Thanks!

ssjsmits · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:30 AM

I corrected her on this (in a way). Of course, she'll deny it up and down. A snot nose college boy corrected the Stargazer? Yeah, it happened, once.

It was a good day!

bleeding_sarcasm · #3 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:34 AM

But the book says Columbian?!?! so, you could say she was correct. You even get lots of responses if you google "columbia" I am so confused. I always did Colombian.

angelboa · #4 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:38 AM

i think its Colombian but im a bad speller :huh:

campbellexotics · #5 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:42 AM

being bilingual and a champion speller i happen to know the answer to this question. the correct spelling is C-o-l-o-m-b-i-a-n. The second "o" is correctly pronounced "ohh" rather than a "u" sounding like "uhh"

danktat · #6 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 06:50 AM

Posted this on the "other" forum but here it is here too

Colombian because in Spanish the "u" is pronounced "oo" so that syllable with a "u" would be pronounced "loom". There is not a variation on this in the Spanish language the way that vowels have multiple pronounciations in English.

ssjsmits · #7 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bleeding_sarcasm

But the book says Columbian?!?! so, you could say she was correct. You even get lots of responses if you google "columbia" I am so confused. I always did Colombian.

No she was wrong! Please, I need this! Don't take the satisfaction away.

bleeding_sarcasm · #8 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 07:10 AM

Awesome. Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats what I thought, but its good to have valid reasoning! Someone should write that publisher, and pee on them

Ill take some pics, and post em soon

angelboa · #9 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 07:13 AM

YAY pix!!!

bleeding_sarcasm · #10 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 12:42 AM

This boy I might have to keep. There is an equally beautiful female, but I might hold out for something unrelated.
the pictures dont even start to do him justice.