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Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant names

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Subject: Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant names
From: John Graff <>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:22:33 +0800
Hi Don,



Marri is pronounced the same was as marry



I'm not so sure about the cockatoo, I tend to say Baw-dins but the person it 
was named after was French (Nicolas Baudin) so I suspect the 'proper' 
pronunciation is Baw-dans or Beau-dans



Hope that helps,

John

> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:14:00 -0800
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant names
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> Hi folks:
>
> Can someone kindly help me with the correct pronounciation of a couple of
> names? Pretty important when you are making a doco for sure. The words in
> question are:
>
> *Marri ... Is it pronounced like Merry... or Marr ree*
> Okay and now for a cockatoo...
>
> Baudins. ...Is the correct pronounciation Beau dins? or Baw dins?
>
> Thanks as always for being such a great resource!
>
> Don Kimball
> www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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