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"Bob Hobden" writes:
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| Thanks Paul, I bought a book many years ago to help with the pronunciation
| of plant names after I came across an orchid called " Coelogyne cristata"
| and realised I hadn't a hope of making a reasonable stab at it. ( correctly
| koy-LO-gin-ee but commonly see-LO-gie-nee KRIS-tah-ta)
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| Problem then is, do you pronounce it the correct Latin way, with "C" being
| hard, or use the commonly accepted way with a soft "C"? :-)
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| Still, if everyone understands what you are on about there isn't a problem.

Try Passiflora xiikzodz. I kid you not.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.