Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?

On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?



http://www.geocities.com/poaceae99/DictionaryQ-Z.html


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?

Many plant names vary in pronunciation from place to place. I grew up
hearing PEE-uh-nees, and people here say pee-OWN-ees. Brits say
for-SCYTHE-ee-uh, and I have for-SITH-ee-uh growing in my yard. Best
plan: wait for someone else to say it. :-)

Charles wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is
commonly pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped
white, pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?



http://www.geocities.com/poaceae99/DictionaryQ-Z.html

I have never heard it pronunced that way.

--
Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

"Ian" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?


That's how I pronounce it.

I have always heard it pronounced around here like wye geel eeuh. Different
regions probably pronounce it different ways.

hth
tammy

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"Ian" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?


That's how I pronounce it.




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On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:21:15 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:

Charles wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is
commonly pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped
white, pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?



http://www.geocities.com/poaceae99/DictionaryQ-Z.html

I have never heard it pronunced that way.

Nor have I, but then I have never heard it pronounced at all.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

"Charles" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:21:15 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:

Charles wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is
commonly pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped
white, pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?



http://www.geocities.com/poaceae99/DictionaryQ-Z.html

I have never heard it pronunced that way.

Nor have I, but then I have never heard it pronounced at all.


Now that is a very different way to pronounce it! My problem is the same,
the only people I have heard say weigela are quick to point out they have no
idea if they are saying it correctly.

"Charles" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?



http://www.geocities.com/poaceae99/DictionaryQ-Z.html


_

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

BTW, Great site, now in my Favorites folder!

susabean said:

I have always heard it pronounced around here like wye geel eeuh. Different
regions probably pronounce it different ways.

That is the way my mother always pronounced it, so it must be right.

Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave

It is commonly pronounced Way-GEE-la. Technically, it would be correct to
pronounce it Vay-GAY-la, but probably nobody in the US would understand you.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Y-GEE-LA .....of which I have the Wine and Roses
variety....................................madgard ener off to "werk"
now...................


"Ian" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?

"Frogleg" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:12:23 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:

Okay, my dictionary skills lack here, can't work out how it is commonly
pronounced:


wei·ge·la (wI gEE?luh, -jEE?-, wI?guh luh) n. pl. -las
1. any of various shrubby, E Asian plants belonging to the genus
Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white,
pink, or crimson flowers.
[1840-50; NL, after C. E. Weigel (1748-1831), German physician;
see - A 2]


- Is it Y-GEE-LUH


or something completely different?

Many plant names vary in pronunciation from place to place. I grew up
hearing PEE-uh-nees, and people here say pee-OWN-ees. Brits say
for-SCYTHE-ee-uh, and I have for-SITH-ee-uh growing in my yard. Best
plan: wait for someone else to say it. :-)

I say WYE-gela. Who knows if I'm right? I also say PEE-uh-nees. I
pronounce clematis the English way - clem-AYE-tis, vs. the US way -
CLEM-a-tis.