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In article , "flake"
wrote: "Sue & Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... (with some edits): 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. snip - and he says: Kis-tus (from greek)- *but* comforting, A.T.Johnson in "Plant names simplified" says sis-tus!In Sweden we use the principle (some of us ;-) that in latin plante-names the C in front of a soft vowel (e,i,y) is pronounciated soft like s, and before a hard vowel(a,o,u) we use the hard k. Such as sistus and kotoneaster. But I have experienced that latin (that is, it is often greek ;-) is very different from contry to country in it's pronounciation - but very handy to use reading catalouges and botany-litterature abroad. Cheers vera -- VERA GADE NORRKOPING VERA @GADE.SE |
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