Dell--Your pronunciation is probably close to mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dell Sherk" <ds429@comcast.net> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] pronunciation of English > My two-cent's worth: "church Latin," which is pronounced differently from > the Latin taught in American secular schools, is also pronounced > differently > in different Christian countries. > > My strategy has followed that of one of the contributors to this > discussion: > say plant names as if you knew what you were saying, in a confident voice. > Once, a couple of self-styled plant "experts" corrected my pronunciation > of > "colchicum." And another time a plant purveyor corrected my pronunciation > of > "chionodoxa." (I use the sound /k/ for the Greek "ch") In both cases I > went > on pronouncing my way, and received smug pleasure from their horror at my > ignorance. > > Dell > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/