botany book and pronunciation

Tom Wells ernestwells@mindspring.com
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:50:26 PDT
Dang, just when I was getting the hang of this, now I have to find  
out what a sort 'i' is ;>), I will never short this out.

Tom Wells


On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Jim McKenney wrote:

> Judy, since you don't bruise easily, I'll take another poke, but  
> this one is
> really directed to the person who told you to say tree-color.
>
> They should have told you to say something like TREH-co-lor: the i in
> tricolor is a sort i, not the long i which would have given the "tree"
> sound. I trust you also said WEE-o-la and made at least an attempt  
> at an
> apico-dental sound for the r and not one of those back-of-the mouth,
> half-swallowed r sounds?
>
> And of course you reminded them that vi-O-la is a musical  
> instrument, didn't
> you?
>
> This is a hoot!
>
> Jim McKenney
>
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