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| Subject: | Pronouncing latin names of Parrots correctly |
| From: | Lawrie Conole <> |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:19:37 +1100 |
From: Helen Larson <>And don't forget that scientific names are not all Latin - but they are always "Latinised". Many names are Greek-derived or taken from other languages. An example - just think of the generic name for the darter - Anhinga is a Brazilian Indian name for the bird. And therefore, although it is often pronounced by English speakers as "an - hing - gah", in Brazilian Portuguese it'll be "ah - nyin - gah"! Though I note its Brazilian common name is 'biguatinga'. :-) -- Lawrie Conole Northcote 3070 lconole[at]gmail.com =============================== www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.comTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: =============================== |
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