On 25/2/07 10:03, in article lid, "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote:

In message , BoyPete
writes
snip
Yes, I understand that now. Still, it's very off-putting to the likes of me
to see all that Latin in a post, and I tend to skip them.....possibly
missing some useful info.

Botanical names are no harder, in principle, to cope with than
vernacular names. All you have to do is not let them intimidate you.

I'm guessing that for some people it's to do with pronunciation, too. But
if you break it down into chewable syllables, it's much easier. And as to
the *correct* way to pronounce things I wouldn't even begin to consider that
as off putting because there seem to be as many variations in that field as
there are plants to learn about. It's the old CLEMatis opposed to CleMAYtis
thing and doesn't matter a jot, IMO, except as a bit of fun to argue about.
;-)

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