I think most birders would accept as "correct" the pronunciation that would
make the least number of people raise their eybrows.
Peter Shute
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2009 9:06 AM
To: Terry Bishop
Cc: Birding Australia
Subject: Pronouncing latin names of Parrots correctly
Interesting that we seem to expect there to be one "correct" pronunciation for
Latin - yet Latin was spoken over a large area and I am sure that - like most
modern languages - there would have been regional variations in pronunciation.
2009/12/10 Terry Bishop <>
> A lot depends on what state you come from. Each state has their own
> pronunciations on certain vowels in particular. It is easy to detect a
> Victorian who has just moved to Qld or a South Aussie. I say "tom-art-o"
> you
> say "tom-ato"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Syd Curtis
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 7:05 PM
> To: John Graff; ; Birding-Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pronouncing latin names of Parrots
> correctly
>
>
> Apologies in advance for this bit of frivolity. And not even a parrot.
> :-(
>
> "Gerygone"
>
> Surely the "Australian" pronunciation should be "Jerry gone"?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Syd
>
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