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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? |
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On 4/12/06 23:25, in article
, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow 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? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 4/12/06 23:25, in article , "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow 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? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Alan |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Ummmmm. Are you sure that it is TITinus you suffer from? (But on reflection, I guess many men do suffer from that) |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Alan Holmes" wrote in message And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Ummmmm. Are you sure that it is TITinus you suffer from? (But on reflection, I guess many men do suffer from that) It's an offshoot of having our ears bombarded with the noise from the other half's mouth!(:-) Alan |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message "Alan Holmes" wrote in message And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Ummmmm. Are you sure that it is TITinus you suffer from? (But on reflection, I guess many men do suffer from that) It's an offshoot of having our ears bombarded with the noise from the other half's mouth!(:-) Is it? I always thought that it was a characteristic of some males that thay were unable to talk to anything but a woman's chest. |
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Alan Holmes wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 4/12/06 23:25, in article , "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow 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? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Alan Possibly a lack of a spell checker as well, shouldn't that be TINITUS?, unless you are hearing, or seing different things from the majority of sufferers. :-) |
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On 5 Dec 2006 03:51:43 -0800, "Mike in Spain"
wrote and included this (or some of this): And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Alan Possibly a lack of a spell checker as well, shouldn't that be TINITUS?, unless you are hearing, or seing different things from the majority of sufferers. :-) Or even better, TINNITUS. -- ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ |
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"®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³" wrote in message ... On 5 Dec 2006 03:51:43 -0800, "Mike in Spain" wrote and included this (or some of this): And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Alan Possibly a lack of a spell checker as well, shouldn't that be TINITUS?, unless you are hearing, or seing different things from the majority of sufferers. :-) Or even better, TINNITUS. Yes, even that! Alan -- ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ |
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"Mike in Spain" wrote in message ups.com... Alan Holmes wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 4/12/06 23:25, in article , "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow 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? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) And what about titinus? From which I suffer!(:-( Alan Possibly a lack of a spell checker as well, shouldn't that be TINITUS?, unless you are hearing, or seing different things from the majority of sufferers. :-) The bloody spell checker on this machine is very selective, sometimes it will work, others not, so I often don't bother to use it, especially when I KNOW I'm right!(:-) But yes, it should have been tinitus! Alan |
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"Sacha" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: Would anyone like to have a go at putting on screen how they pronouce tinus? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) I use the latter as I've never heard it pronounced any other way but the pronunciation of the radio person was TINus (not a gardening expert, but a rich garden owner of the pretentious type). My better half said that I was probably wrong, but then he's like that. :-)) |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: Would anyone like to have a go at putting on screen how they pronouce tinus? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) I use the latter as I've never heard it pronounced any other way but the pronunciation of the radio person was TINus (not a gardening expert, but a rich garden owner of the pretentious type). My better half said that I was probably wrong, but then he's like that. :-)) I think hubby was right (on this occasion),as I say TIN -us,but I am not rich nor pretentious. Some might say common with my pronunciation:-( |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: Would anyone like to have a go at putting on screen how they pronouce tinus? V. tinus as in TEEnus would be correct in Latin pronunciation but I bet most say TIEnus. ;-) I use the latter as I've never heard it pronounced any other way but the pronunciation of the radio person was TINus (not a gardening expert, but a rich garden owner of the pretentious type). My better half said that I was probably wrong, but then he's like that. :-)) Oh dear I was under the impression that you were male, and talking about the other half being female! Alan |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message My better half said that I was probably wrong, but then he's like that. :-)) Oh dear I was under the impression that you were male, and talking about the other half being female! On all those occasions when I've had reason to notice, he's always been male and I've always been female, but in this modern world ya never know what could happen................ |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... 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? Many people say TYnus which is probably "wrong" and is a very Anglophone pronunciation; I would have said it that way until I went to Italy and lived in Germany for a while and became pretentious and now I would say TINNus or maybe TEEnus but I think the former is probably more accurate. All that really matters is that you say it the same as all yer friends; no one really pronounces these names very accurately anyway. In Germany, the pronuncaition of the latin name for Pine tree (Pinus) always raised a few schoolboy titters in sad English speaking lads who had watched too many Benny Hill shows. How about lichen? Some same litchen but I always found liken to be much more manly and forceful; it is possible that both are wrong anyway. Des in Dublin where de best English is spoke |
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