Smither's Rule. Was: Latin pronounciation
David Ehrlich (Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:29:21 PST)

From: J.E. Shields jshields@indy.net

"Botanical Latin is a written language, not a spoken language.  So
any pronunciation that lets you make yourself understood to your listener
is alright, ..."

Thank you Jim.  I wanted to write the same thing, but the discussion has been so erudite, informative and entertaining; who would want it to end?

David Ehrlich