how do you pronounce tapir?

[Bactrian Deer]

This may be the Hoosier apex dialect talking, but I pronounce it Tay-pee-your or tay-pure

 

[Leaf Productions]

Tay-Peer, but I just call them funny little guys.

 

[MonkeyBat]

Is it ok if we turn this into a "how do you pronounce" thread? I', curious how people pronounce fossa.

 

[OkapiFan]

I say Tapir both ways; however, I have leaned more toward tay-per in recent years.

There is only one correct way to pronounce Fossa (with a long O)

 

[Osedax]

There is only one correct way to pronounce Fossa (with a long O)

I have heard indigenous people in Madagascar pronounce it with a short O, as I do, and David Attenborough (though he often gets pronunciations incorrect).