Pet Peeve - Nuthatch
PostPosted:Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:09 am
"Wondering where the nuthatch winters..." (http://www.dead.net/song/eyes-world)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nuthatch
nut⋅hatch
/ˈnʌtˌhætʃ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nuht-hach] Show IPA
–noun
any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
Here's a pic
Anyhow, the point is that it is pronounced "nut hatch" not "nut thatch" or "nut thatched".
Now you know, from a lifelong birdwatcher.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nuthatch
nut⋅hatch
/ˈnʌtˌhætʃ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nuht-hach] Show IPA
–noun
any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
Here's a pic
Anyhow, the point is that it is pronounced "nut hatch" not "nut thatch" or "nut thatched".
Now you know, from a lifelong birdwatcher.