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"sacha" wrote in message after another Bob: I've always pronounced "Ceanothus" as "Key-An-Oh-Thus", with the emphasis on the "An". Is this correct, or am I completely wrong (does it have a soft C for example). kee-a-no-thus (a hard c, it's Latin ) My neighbour pronounces "Cotoneaster" as "Cott-On-Ee-Aster" (Emphasis on the "Ee") whereas I have always thought of it as if it were the two words "Cotton-Easter" - is he right and me wrong again? :-) ko-ton-ee-a-ster. .. Take Kniphofia. We pronounce it "Niphoffia" but friends of ours pronounce it "Nyefofia" nee-fof-ee-a - I say CLEMatis and Ray says CleMAYtis - klem-a-tis we say Daylia, friends say Dalia dah-lee-a all from The Collingridge Dictionary of Plant Names written by Allen.J ..Coombes ex Head of Latin at Eton. He's sorted out many a dispute in our household. :-) He says in his introduction that it all depends on where the name came from, i.e. if it's from a town, person etc then it's pronounced that way if it's from the Latin then it should be pronounced the Latin way, i.e. all "C's" are hard as in cat. Now try... Coelogyne :-) (p.s. it's an Orchid family) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here. |
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