"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 13/1/06 14:02, in article
, "Des Higgins"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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We've had pronunciation discussions on here quite often and I don't
think
any one group has ever 'convinced' any other group! I say CLEMatis
and
my husband says CleMAYtis. I say Kernomeles (Chaenomeles) and he says
SheNOMeles etc. etc. I suspect most of us pronounce the names of
plants
as
they are first taught to us by whoever - I'm sure I do.

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Senecio as senekio I cannot get used to though so I say seneesio
which I am sure is wrong.

I'm sure it must be. Because I say 'senekio'. ;-))

Ok how about Dahlia and Fuchsia then?

(for what it is worth, I have always said Day-leea and Fyoo-sha and I think
both are wrong)

Des (pronounced dezz).




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On 15/1/06 23:13, in article , "Des
Higgins" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
.uk...
On 13/1/06 14:02, in article
, "Des Higgins"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
.uk...
snip
We've had pronunciation discussions on here quite often and I don't
think
any one group has ever 'convinced' any other group! I say CLEMatis
and
my husband says CleMAYtis. I say Kernomeles (Chaenomeles) and he says
SheNOMeles etc. etc. I suspect most of us pronounce the names of
plants
as
they are first taught to us by whoever - I'm sure I do.

snip
Senecio as senekio I cannot get used to though so I say seneesio
which I am sure is wrong.

I'm sure it must be. Because I say 'senekio'. ;-))

Ok how about Dahlia and Fuchsia then?

(for what it is worth, I have always said Day-leea and Fyoo-sha and I think
both are wrong)


Good examples. I say Fewsha and Daylea and don't know anyone who says
Darleea and only one or two who say Fooksia.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

Des Higgins wrote:
How do you pronounce Pinus?
I have always said pine-us but I am sure it should be peenus (and that is
how Germans pronounce it anyway)

) Indeed. They say 'peenoos'.