# Species

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247 "2018-08-07T19:48:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/1 "2018-08-07T19:48:04Z")

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Both spee-sees and spee-shees are acceptable.

How do you pronounce it?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/2 "2018-08-07T19:55:43Z")

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SPEE-SEES…unless I’m just talking about the female half, then it is SPEE-SHEES.

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/3 "2018-08-07T20:59:50Z")

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I shay ‘shpeeshees’ shometimesh, if I have shomething in my mouth while I’m shpeaking, like perhapsh a shucker.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/4 "2018-08-07T21:53:16Z")

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Am I the only one saying speckies?

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/5 "2018-08-08T02:30:16Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Am I the only one saying speckies?

Very possibly yes. I use the first with a slight emphasis on the first syllable.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/species/819247/6 "2018-08-08T08:03:17Z")

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I pronounce it /ˈspiːsiːz/ .