birding-aus

Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant names

To: "'Elizabeth Shaw'" <>, "'Birding Aus'" <>, "'Donald G. Kimball'" <>
Subject: Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant names
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:52:04 +1030
I think Elizabeth is probably correct, but I still think most of us call it
bo dins.  Bow, as in dogspeak, and dans sounds a bit flash to us ockers.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Elizabeth Shaw
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 10:29 AM
To: Birding Aus; Donald G. Kimball
Subject: Help with pronouncing some Aussie bird/plant
names

Hi Don,
I assume the name Baudin is of French origin and would pronounce it (after 
my rudimentary French lessons at school 40 years ago) bow (as in bow-wow, or

how) -dins.
Using the same logic I might even pronounce the "dins" as 'dan'.
Therefore it might be 'bowdans'
Cheers
Elizabeth Shaw
Phillip Island
Victoria



<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU