John C. MacGregor wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2010, at 1:12 AM, Zonneveld, B.J.M. (Ben) wrote: > >> By the way those that insist on keeping close to the English name of a >> person seem to forget that there are people speaking other languages >> after whom plants are named How do you handle these? > > You pronounce the commemorated name as closely as possible to the way > the bearer of the name pronounced it in his/her original > language--then add the latinized ending. This approach works no > matter what language you are dealing with! > Okay, I think I can do a decent job of this until they name some new species after someone with a click in their name. I just can't seem to throw one of those sounds into the middle of a bunch of normal consonants and vowels. And some of our South African friends might just well do that with some future new bulb species... :-) --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a