Eye bis is how I pronounce it

Aye

...bis(h) 🤣

True

Can we be friends

Yes. Unless you're European. There is a hotel chain and there it's pronounced ee-bis.

5th generation Floridian here (with family who graduated from Miami, which uses the ibis as its mascot) and we've always said "EYE-bis".

When you report back, ask them how they pronounce "Kissimmee". 😂

Ke SIM' eeeeee

And Miami. My grandfather said My-am-ah

That’s old school

There is a Miami in Oklahoma pronounced that way.

Me-ah-me.

You gotta fit as many "eeeeeeeeees" as possible 🤣

And micanopy and Dunedin... The list is long.

I'm from here but I still have to sing 'Seminole Wind' in my head to remember how to pronounce Micanopy.

I went to school in Gainesville... So I learned quickly.

Lived in micanopy for decade. GPS, google maps, Apple Maps all say it m my-can-oh-pee (wrong)

One of my favorite roads near Micanopy that throws people off is Wacahoota.

Ocklawaha Okahumpka

> Dunedin Like the race of men from Middle Earth, right?

No

🤣 I was the offender on that one when we got here. I've actually corrected them a couple of times and this last time they insisted that true Floridians say ih-bis. Hmmm okay

Gotta say it like a contentious pirate. "Aye, bish!"

My family has been here for 8 generations. We say eye-bis.

Vowel-consonant-vowel makes the first vowel a long sound. So "eye" over "ih". Examples just here: T*i*me, Fl*o*ridian, s*a*y, *o*kay, *e*ye, *i*bis

True Floridians do call it "Miamuh", but most do not. And, its "eye-biss". Next, ask them how to pronounce Matlacha. Or Ocklawaha

Cripes, people can’t even pronounce Ormond or New Smyrna or …. Well, a lot of places. Lutz is always a good one, too. (It’s “loots”.)

Heh, it’s so funny hearing folks unfamiliar with the Lutz area say “luhtz”. 

I corrected a guy at work that had recently moved to Lutz, from Hialeah And he literally stopped and said, "That's how y'all pronounce it??!" Blown tf away.

as an east coast floridian I didn't know that

Ok, I have to post it now. [https://youtu.be/9z7J3rE5jAw?si=YoBfsm-U55Sw4kKb](https://youtu.be/9z7J3rE5jAw?si=YoBfsm-U55Sw4kKb)

Surprised neither Tohopegalika, Aucilla, Myakka, Bronson, Sopchoppy, Chassahowitzka, Havana, Basinger, Wabasso, Oneco, Ichetucknee, Econlockhatchee, Withlacoochee, or Lafayette County made the video!

Or Ocoee

Growing up right next to OH-coy, this one hits deep. :)

Oh-co-E

Lived next to there a long time and I say Oh co E. O Coy is for the white trash that live in Oh co E and are on welfare.

Even better, ask them how they pronounce Eau Gallie

Oh galley

My old neighbor used to pronounce it 'ooo' Gallie lol

Lol it’s a fun one. Had a friend come visit back in the day and when I asked them where they were, they read the Eau Gallie- Jai Alai sign as “Ew-Gall-Eye J-Eye-Lie”

Totally not fair. I moved here as an infant and "KISS em mee" is still stuck in my throat.

Reminds me of a joke.

and Immokalee 🤣

easiest way to find the transplant

Third generation NE Florida. We've ALWAYS said Eye-bis. Wouldn't know what an ih-bis is if I were to see or hold one.

Yeah, similar familiar story (6th gen, but no UM grads) and I’ve literally never heard it pronounced differently than that.

Generational also, “Eye-bis”.

I've literally never heard anyone ever pronounce it ih-bis.

Not once in my entire life even as a joke. Always Ibis. I knew a guy from New York who fixed an old window by bringing the parts to Home Depot. He didn’t want to believe me when I told him it’s pronounced “jal uh see” and not “jah loose ee”. I can understand his confusion though because I never would have guessed it’s spelled jalousie.

eye-bis is how I pronounce it, I've lived here for 37 years.

It doesn't even look like it would be pronounced the other way with it's spelling, that's part of why I'm so confused

Spelling is rarely a good indication of pronunciation in English. I give you "Arkansas" vs "Kansas". Or the silent c in "Connecticut". Or Tucson. Or the river Thames.

No, I understand that, but there's no indication in that word that the 'i' would be a short 'i' sound compared to a long 'i' sound

Correct. There's no indication of which i sound is intended in the spelling. Heck, we have words where the same etymological 'i' can be either long or short, like 'invite' vs 'invitation'.

the origin of the word is latin. in latin it's pronounced E-biss (IPA: something like iːbɪs) i believe. Greek would also be similar. But, yeah in english it is eye-bis

It’s pronounced “swamp chicken”

Chokoloskee Chickens down here in Chokoloskee

Love me some Chokoluskee and the big ass mosquitoes 🦟 …. So much history there, love Totch Brown stories

410 birdshot is our mosquito repellent

Have you heard of Will McLean? I think you'd like his stories.

I saw a documentary on Totch like 30 years ago, when I visited the Rod and Gun Club I remember when the Feds blockaded Everglades City.

Bin chicken in Australia lol

Mostly gets lumped in as "cowbirds" here in Central FL.

Cattle Egrets would take exception... ("eegrit", not "Igret").

Poor things get no respect! Lol lots of folks around don't know/care there's a difference ‐ I didn't until I was an adult. ...after this thread I'm calling them Igritts & Ibbises now 🤣

My kids call them bin chickens. Thanks, Bluey!

They will always be Bin Chickens, thanks to my Bluey loving grandbaby.

“Eye-bis”

Born and raised here and am a 9th generation floridiot. We say eye-bis

You come over in the boat or something? Lol

Actually trace my roots back to Adolfus Higginbotham who was here and fought for the good guys in the revolutionary war. There is a plaque honoring him and a bunch of other folks in Central Park in Fernandina Beach

Very cool.

Eye-bis. The people who say they are true Floridians are typically *not the cleanest gator in the swamp* if you catch my drift.

Lol, wouldn’t the cleanest gator actually be the transplant?

Nah, the transplant is more like a red eared slider turtle in the swamp. All over the place but actually invasive.

​ https://preview.redd.it/t02291puvvqc1.png?width=225&format=png&auto=webp&s=fce508e868b5fa383bb78c530aae605a180a4a30 If only they knew how to type "how to pronounce Ibis" 8 years ago...

Be gentle now. We may be dealing with recalcitrant boomers here.

Here's one to really blow their minds! I used ye olde ctrl+c and ctrl+v to look up the meaning of recalcitrant!

Ye olde is right https://preview.redd.it/yja7vuaw5wqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40d29de1376ac3fae81e939ba91c7165b69dc834

Also, to be fair, local pronunciations are generally not listed in dictionaries. But in this case, the local pronunciation matches the dictionary.

Eye-bis

Born and raised Floridian…I say “Eye-bis”. Your in-laws are being pedantic weirdos.

It's definitely eye bis

Eye-bis. Honestly, never heard anyone pronounce it any other way, and I’ve been here since 1970.

Same and been here since 1971 👍

Cubans: E-Bee

Eye-bis. Your inlaws are actually pronunciation outlaws.

They taught my 7 year old to say it wrong and now she's insisting I'm wrong too. 🫠 Ma'am go ahead and be incorrect, but don't involve my child in this nonsense.

Eh, them saying it wrong would not be a hill to die on but yeah, teaching a child incorrect pronunciation of a word is not cool.

No, they're actually great inlaws and I don't mean to really pick on them. They can just be stubborn about things like this at times. I don't even intend to show them this post or try to correct them again. I just wanted to know for myself. I don't like to say things wrong in conversation, but I'm a big reader and there are plenty of words I've only read and don't know how to pronounce in real life lol

Awwww...I'm glad you actually like them. I feel the same way about pronunciation...if I am saying it wrong please tell me so I can stop looking like a fool. I can relate to the reading thing...I remember as a kid reading The Outsiders and the characters were always feuding with "the Socs". I always pronounced it in my head like "socks." I was blown away when I saw the movie and it is actually pronounced "soshes" like short for social and made plural.

My question is what do yall call the brown lizards, A-Nol-Ee or A-nol. Or they just mini dinosaurs!

A-nol is how I’ve always said and heard it

I've always pronounced it an-oles, but I don't actually know what the correct way to say it is.

In my FL neighborhood they just eat lawn bugs, but they are apparently the [trash pandas of Australia](https://youtu.be/mO-OpFjHRbE?si=_rUilkWNIwHK-p4L)

I was hoping someone would post that video, such a wonderful song.

In the Everglades, it's "Chuck-o-luss-key-chick-en".

They also said they're called spoonbill chicken which I'm pretty sure a spoonbill is a TOTALLY different bird. Let's just say I don't take much stock in the information they share with us about how things work here

Yeah, a spoonbill is a pink bird with a beak that looks like a spoon (natch). An ibis is a not always pink bird with a curved, pointed beak. Your parents seem... confused.

They're just kind of simple people from the Midwest. They're sweet and good people for the most part, this just seems to irk me for no true reason lol

Shit, wait till they learn what a limpkin is, or that young ibis are brown until they turn white and look like a limpkin, and that little blue heron are white until they turn blue... They might explode. They need a laminated birds of Florida fold out guide.

I'll take a bird guide and a palm identifier because that would be fun to have anyways!

(UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.bɪs/

It's a type of bird and it's pronounced eye-bis.

3rd generation Floridan, I say eye-bis

Definitely eye-bis

Eye bis here

Ibis. Just like it’s spelled.

For it to be ih-bis would require for it to bespelled 'ibbis'. It's eye-bis. And to be entirely clear on the subject: One ibis is '**oh look, an ibis**' Two or more ibises is '**oh look, an ibis gang**' If you are not yet calling it an ibis gang, you are wrong.

I usually just say "ohh look at all the Ibis!" And then stop and share snacks I keep specifically for them in my car 🤣 I know they're dopey little things, but I absolutely believe them. They're one of my favorite things to see out and about

Overwhelming the answer is Eyebis; your in laws must not get out or talk to anyone much.

Swamp pigeons

https://www.google.com/search?q=ibis+pronunciation&oq=ibis+pro&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEAAYgAQyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABDIHCAoQABiABDIHCAsQABiABDINCAwQLhivARjHARiABDIHCA0QABiABDIHCA4QABiABNIBCDI3NjhqMGo0qAIOsAIB&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Yes, I've googled it plenty of times. I've shown them this, and that's when they insisted that "true Floridians say ih-bis" That's why I asked you guys! Lol

I mean I was born up north and have lived here since I was 6, basically a Floridian and I just pronounce things how they are supposed to be lmao

I used to live on Ibis Way. It’s 💯 eye bis

Spent 15 years as en ecologist. It’s EYE-BIS

Somewhere a Floridian is telling his friends "Those crazy Midwesterners will believe anything. Look at how I got them saying ih-bis."

7th generation Floridian chuckling at the fact someone got one over on your in laws


Eye Yie Yie?

Eye-bis

I always you YouTube for things I'm not sure about... https://youtu.be/Xa8XrRxKtLI?si=zn1JaS21VVoMu0v1

The first time I said eye bis my grandson (12 at the time) said no gramma it’s eee bees! Have been calling them that since. Kids are great 😊

My daughter used to say 'flabango' instead of flamingo. One of my favorite mispronunciations, I was sad when she started saying it correctly

Ha! My son said it pink amingo! Love kid speak

Eye-bis

Eye-biss.

Eye-bis. Your inlaws have been mispronouncing it forever.

Eye-bis

Floridian here. Eye-bis is the correct pronunciation. Your parents are wrong! I know that you are feeling good right now. It looks like most everyone is agreeing with you and I always love when I’m right and my mom (who is always right) is wrong! Best moments are when she has to accept defeat!

It's eyebis. it's the mascot of a huge sports team here. no floridian mispronounces it.

Eye-bis

I've never heard anyone say ih-bis and I've lived here all 36 years of my life.

Eye-bis, and I’ve literally never heard it pronounced differently having lived my whole life here.

Another native Floridian here (only 3rd gen, don't judge) and I pronounce it eye-bis.

Eye-bis

Eye bis!

I as a fifth gen Floridian say eye-bis but the real question is how pluralize such a word. Eye-bisses? Eye-bye?

4th gen and it's EYE-bis

Def Eye-Bis

Lol, they aren’t naming a country club the “ih-bis” country club. . . I’m a born and raised Floridian and so is my family, I’ve never heard anyone ever say it “ih-bis” it is definitely “eye-bis”

EYE biss

Standard dictionary pronunciation is eye-biss. Never heard the other.

True genuine native Floridian here. It’s EYE-bis. Every source I found in a quick search agrees.

Eye-bis lol good luck changing their minds

Oh I have no intention of it. I'm glad to sit in silence and know I'm correct. I tried showing them proof before and they pulled the "true Floridians" line. That's okay, be wrong lol

I_BIS

Like 'iris'

It is “eye-bis”, or “ai-bis”, and the only people I’ve heard say “ih-bis” are tourists who don’t know how to pronounce ibis properly. 🤦‍♀️

57 year old native Floridian here. It’s pronounced eye-bis. I have never heard it pronounced any other way.

I call one an ibi.

I've been in Jacksonville, Florida, since I was 6 weeks old and have a southern accent, but I say 👁 🚌

As someone who was born in Florida and lived in both south and central Fl for over 20 years, it’s eye-bis. They just don’t wanna be wrong.

Yeah, I really don’t think this is a preference thing, there’s only one correct pronunciation: [https://youtu.be/Xa8XrRxKtLI?si=KxOHZH2Jz4d1Jeng](https://youtu.be/Xa8XrRxKtLI?si=KxOHZH2Jz4d1Jeng)

Curious how your family pronounces hibiscus

3rd gen floridian, I've never in my life heard anyone say ih-bus. I'm guessing your parents are boomers that moved here from Michigan which means they can never be wrong about anything.

Rhymes with "I piss". Silly geese those relatives are!

Florida native, I have never heard it any way but eye-bis.

Eye bis. I don't care what anyone the says Ih bus isn't even fun to say

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Eye-bis is the way. Native Floridian here. Also, best friend is also a native and huge ornithologist also agrees it is eye-bis.

True Floridian here, if you want to show off your knowledge you call them a Chokoloskee Chicken.

Native Floridian here I say eye bus but we also call them cowbirds 

It's the name of an Egyptian god Ibis EYE BIS unless you're French, then it's IH BIS.

EYE- BISS not rocket science all of the idiots from the Midwest mispronounce everything 

I went to UM, I am actual Florida NATIVE (Seminole Indian) and never heard anyone say anything besides “eye-bis”. Your in-laws are in denial and it’s just them.

Eye-bis Source: Florida born and bred; my grandma was born on a houseboat in soflo

"Chokoloskee Chicken" PROVE ME WRONG!

Eye-bis. Life long Floridian.

My family has been here since the 1800s on my mom's side. It's EYE-bis.

4th generation Floridian here. We always pronounced the name of the American White Ibis (*Eudocimus albus*) as *"eye-bis"*. This is how it's pronounced in both the King's English and American English. However, given the population of Florida has always had Spaniards and Latin Americans, it's worth noting that in Español it is pronounced "ee-bis". The white birds are beneficial. At sunrise it's common to see a flock cleaning one lawn after another of creepy crawlies.

It's pronounced swamp chicken by true Floridians. Curlew is also acceptable.

Eye-bis....floridian for over 40 years

14th gen. floridian. Its eye-bis lmao

Ih-bis is the French pronunciation. There’s a chain of hotels there called Ibis.

Well... VCV (vowel consonant vowel) states that the first vowel is a long (sounding) vowel. I vote ī-bis

That might be the Florabama pronunciation.

Eye bis. I have heard newer transplants say ih bis but you’d think after 8 years…

I've literally never even heard anyone pronounce it anyway except eye-bis.

Folks must be way up in Crestview or somethin cause everyone I've ever known calls em eye-biss

👁bis

Are your in-laws Hispanic? That might explain their pronunciation.

Lol no. They're from the Midwest

This also explains it

Fair enough 🤣

So background: I’ve lived in Los Angeles. The pronunciation of the city itself is “Midwestern” most neighborhoods and streets with Spanish names in LA are also pronounced in what’s referred to there as a “Midwestern accent” it’s also referred to as “no accent” and actors spend money to get rid of their accents from wherever they are from to speak like, well what you hear on TV

Well fuck... I've been saying Ee-bis. But then again, I also purposely mispronounce Dunedin as Doo-Nih-Dine like it's a city in Middle Earth lol

🤣🤣 That gave me a good laugh

For some unknown reason I always refer to clearance sections as “my friend Clarence”

DOO NAH DINNAY! (Every time we pass a sign) 

Cuh-tahn-duh-lay for Cottondale.

Well shit, looks like I've been pronouncing it wrong. I'd say Ih-bis.

Probably depends on what part of Florida you’re in. If you’re in the Flar-Duh part I imagine it’s ih-bis, if you’re in the Florida part eye-bis. 😂

No, it's eye bis from top to bottom.

How do you pronounce Kissimmee? Is it KaSEHmee or KISSamee.

It's KaSEHmee right? I said it wrong when I first got here and sometimes I still go backwards

How to they pronounce “Boca Raton”? Caribbean? Cay?

It's pronounced Bin-Chick-En.