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Old 19-06-2005, 10:06 PM
Diana Kulaga
 
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All,

I, and everone I know who grows orchids around here, have always pronounced
Brassavola with the emphasis on the third syllable (the vol).

Recently, at the WPB Judging center, a couple of judges announced that the
word is pronounced "BrahSAHvola.

What do you guys have to say? Is everyone in my orchid society
mispronouncing the word, as well as growers, etc?

Diana


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Old 19-06-2005, 10:21 PM
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Diana,

It's Pronunciation, not Pronounciation.

I have always said BrahSAHvola.

I'm no judge... but I do play one on TV.

Judging Mick

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All,

I, and everone I know who grows orchids around here, have always

pronounced
Brassavola with the emphasis on the third syllable (the vol).

Recently, at the WPB Judging center, a couple of judges announced that the
word is pronounced "BrahSAHvola.

What do you guys have to say? Is everyone in my orchid society
mispronouncing the word, as well as growers, etc?

Diana




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Old 19-06-2005, 11:27 PM
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I here it pronounced BrahSAHvola much more often than I hear BrahsahVOLa

but then everbody 'round here says Cat-Ah-lay-yah which would make Mr.
Cattley sick if he wasn't already dead by like 100 years. Cat Lee ah.

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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All,

I, and everone I know who grows orchids around here, have always
pronounced
Brassavola with the emphasis on the third syllable (the vol).

Recently, at the WPB Judging center, a couple of judges announced that the
word is pronounced "BrahSAHvola.

What do you guys have to say? Is everyone in my orchid society
mispronouncing the word, as well as growers, etc?

Diana




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Old 19-06-2005, 11:38 PM
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Thank you, gentlemen. Yeah, Mick. That word looked odd when I typed it.
Happens sometimes.

Diana


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Old 20-06-2005, 01:34 AM
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Al,

Mr Cattley is dead???!!!!

Dam, I am always the last one to hear about these things.

Mick




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Old 20-06-2005, 02:51 PM
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Diana Kulaga wrote:
Thank you, gentlemen. Yeah, Mick. That word looked odd when I typed it.
Happens sometimes.

Diana


Hi Diana, Anytime you have a question about pronunciation--- ask Marv.
Regan. I never saw anybody who knew them as well as he does. Good
pronouncing LOL, Bill

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Old 20-06-2005, 03:26 PM
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Diana Kulaga wrote:
All,

I, and everone I know who grows orchids around here, have always pronounced
Brassavola with the emphasis on the third syllable (the vol).

Recently, at the WPB Judging center, a couple of judges announced that the
word is pronounced "BrahSAHvola.

What do you guys have to say? Is everyone in my orchid society
mispronouncing the word, as well as growers, etc?

Diana


I pronounce it your way... But I've heard it several ways. I don't
think one is more right than the other.

The trick to pronouncing anything is to do it without hesitation.
People assume you are doing it right if you do it well. And if somebody
gives you grief, the best response is "Oh, so that is how _you_
pronounce it". Use your best snooty tone of voice.


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1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

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Old 20-06-2005, 11:48 PM
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Diana Kulaga wrote:
All,

I, and everone I know who grows orchids around here, have always pronounced
Brassavola with the emphasis on the third syllable (the vol).

Recently, at the WPB Judging center, a couple of judges announced that the
word is pronounced "BrahSAHvola.

What do you guys have to say? Is everyone in my orchid society
mispronouncing the word, as well as growers, etc?

Diana


Diana,
It's funny that you would bring that up. For decades, my only contact
with the orchid world was books and the AOS publications. Then, 10 years
ago, computers came into my life. Computers don't help much with
pronunciation (except at times like this).
After years of little to no verbal orchid contact, the Adirondack Orchid
Society was born (I consider myself one of the parents). Suddenly I have
to speak Orchid.
I'm pretty good considering the above. At the last meeting someone said
"BrassaVOLa" and I didn't dare correct him. After all, he used the
technique that Rob described and said it with great authority and
without hesitation. Since then, I have been looking up pronunciations
whenever I get the chance. I own "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Orchids" which gives a pronunciation for each genus. In there it is
pronounced "Bra-SAH-voe-la", which is what I have been saying (mostly to
myself) all along.
I did discover a few that I had a little wrong. I'm trying to remember
to correct myself. Sometimes I forget which ones I had right and which
ones I have to change. :-(

Steve
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Old 20-06-2005, 11:53 PM
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I pronounce it your way... But I've heard it several ways. I don't
think one is more right than the other.

The trick to pronouncing anything is to do it without hesitation.
People assume you are doing it right if you do it well. And if somebody
gives you grief, the best response is "Oh, so that is how _you_
pronounce it". Use your best snooty tone of voice.


Absolutely agree. I get away with lots of stuff by strutting self assurance.
Still, it'll be fun when we resume meeting in fall, and my pal and I start
using BrahsSAHvola in polite conversation. I can hear it now..... (psst,
psst, psst, who does she think she is?)!

Then of course, there is my husband, who, despite being a brilliant human
being, is master of the malaprop. He was called for jury duty last year, and
when they asked him if he could keep an open mind he opined that the cops
arrested the fellow, so something had to be going on (needless to say, he
did so because he didn't want to be selected for that jury). When he came
home, he informed me that after that remark he was a "pirrana" (sp?) for the
rest of the day. I was no good for the rest of the evening!

Diana


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Old 21-06-2005, 12:19 AM
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Diana,

He was a "pariah" for the rest of the day.

Mick




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Old 21-06-2005, 06:17 AM
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:48:29 -0400, Steve
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I did discover a few that I had a little wrong. I'm trying to remember
to correct myself. Sometimes I forget which ones I had right and which
ones I have to change. :-(

Steve


This is the hardest part. Besides the fact that each section of
the country has it's own slant and 'expert'.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php
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Old 21-06-2005, 10:56 PM
Diana Kulaga
 
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He was a "pariah" for the rest of the day.

Mick


No, Mick Darling, you missed the point. He actually refered to himself as
the fish, not the outcast.....

Diana


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Old 22-06-2005, 03:42 AM
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Diana,

To the defense attorney(s) he was a pariah... no sane defense attorney would
allow him to sit on a jury after making a remark like that... he would be
"challenged off" the jury. He was an outcast in the defense attorneys eyes
regardless if he thought he was a fish or not.

Mick

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He was a "pariah" for the rest of the day.

Mick


No, Mick Darling, you missed the point. He actually refered to himself as
the fish, not the outcast.....

Diana




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Old 22-06-2005, 11:09 PM
Diana Kulaga
 
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Oh, hell, Mick, let's go back to talking about chemicals or something!

Are you able to lecture in PSL on the Ghost Orchid in October or November?

Diana


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Old 27-06-2005, 03:26 PM
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Time to jump back in after a marvelous week soaking up the rays at the NC
Outer Banks...

According to orchidspecies.com, the genus was named after an Italian, Dr. A.
M. Brassavole. How would that be pronounced in Italian?
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Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:48:29 -0400, Steve
wrote:

I did discover a few that I had a little wrong. I'm trying to remember
to correct myself. Sometimes I forget which ones I had right and which
ones I have to change. :-(

Steve


This is the hardest part. Besides the fact that each section of
the country has it's own slant and 'expert'.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php



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