>>12634702>It rolls off the tongue just as easily as the fucking animal's name, tarantula.It really doesn't. Plus it's confusing.
See, the pronunciation of Tarantula stresses the center syllable:
Ta-RAN-tula
But Tesla stresses the "Tes" part.
TES-la
So either you'd pronounce it the Tarantula way (Ta-RAN-tesla) with the Tesla portion unstressed, or you'd sacrifice the way Tarantula is pronounced for the sake of Tesla and un-stress the "Ran" (Taran-TES-la) sort of like how the Taran in Tarantino is pronounced.
Both ways sound wrong because in one you fuck up the way tarantula is pronounced and in the other you fuck up how Tesla is pronounced. Galvantula is far more satisfying and fitting, and does not have the pronunciation issues.
