Latin versus english pronounciation

Leo A. Martin leo1010@attglobal.net
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 15:00:50 PDT
> When the average Joe tries to read the label at a zoo for Przewalski's horse
> (or in the garden, tries to pronounce Ligularia przewalskii), things get
> very creative.

You big silly! In Polish, Przewalski is pronounced exactly as it's spelled.

How about that Dioon from Oaxaca, Mexico: D. rzedowskii?

Leo


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