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Old 08-12-2006, 10:20 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Farm1 wrote:
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Farm1 wrote:


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

pronouce
tinus?


IMHO every language has its own bias in pronoucing latin words - and
seen as latin is no longer a spoken language, there is only a very
limited ability to provide a "correct" benchmark.


Yep, agreed. I know that from my own (limited) attempts to learn
Latin.


Having said all that, how do you pronounce "tinus"?


I would say teenus - just don't ask me why :-)
BTW, I would say Vayebernem, too, because I've been here just *too*
long, and only got interested in gardening since becoming a full-time
anglophone :-)

Cat(h)