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Re: Pronunciation of bird names

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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of bird names
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 09:55:10 -0812 (EST)
When doing some bird work for Ballrat University I was amazed by my co-birdo 
who flatly insisted it is "Jerry-gon"!  He wasnt joking either!

On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:17:18 +0930 Niven McCrie <> wrote:
>......While on the pronunciation kick, how should we pronounce Gerygone,
>and why?  "Jer-riggonnee"?, "Ger-riggonnee"?, "Grigg-onnee"?
>
>I think it's best pronounced "war-bler". However, I use 
>"Jer-riggonnee". It's taken a long time to get used to it and I ain't 
>changing now.
>
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