"David Rance" wrote after Bob Hobden wrote:

"Farm1" wrote
Just curious, I heard someone on the radio teh other day talking about
Viburnum tinus and they pronouced tinus in a way I'd never heard
before ao it made me wonder if I've been doign it wrong for all these
years.

Would anyone like to have a go at putting on screen how they pronouce
tinus?


My book on plant name Latin says... teen-us

In which case it should be Veeburnum Teenus!

Correct. With the long i pronunciation as in keen not the short i as in tin.

So in Latin it's correctly ... Vee-bur-num teen-us ... according to my book.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK