Isn't it 'proNUNciation? Ironic that the word itself so often gets mis-spelt
and mis-pronounced!
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> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:23:13 +1000
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> Katrina and Wim highlight some of the problems. Yes I agree that the
> citizens of the USA often add extra syllables to any word which already has
> four or more. The Germans however add an extra syllable on the end of family
> names so Rosaceae become ' rro SA ce ay' if educated in botany but other
> wise more like 'rros a ke ay'.
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> A Dutchman thought we could better converse by using the scientific
> binomials but it actually made it worse. I had a German professor of
> mycology who once spent most of the day and a lot of wasted energy
> 'correcting' my Latin. I told him that as an ignorant old Aussie bushy I was
> incapable of being educated but he persisted.
> Regards,
> Alan
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