Re: OT: Storing Bulbs, On Topic JI, SPU
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- Subject: Re: OT: Storing Bulbs, On Topic JI, SPU
- From: T* T* L* <t*@rt66.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 09:48:46 -0600 (MDT)
Nancy Silverberg writes
>By the way, is
>this another one of those irises with many different name
>pronunciations? I hear spooria, spearia, and spurria. Can anyone
>enlighten me, please?
It's a short u in Latin, so the traditional English and classical
pronunciations happen to be exactly the same: 'spur-i-a, where the "spur"
is pronounced just like the English word of the same spelling.
Folks interested in such arcane matters might enjoy my web page on
"Pronouncing Botanical Latin", which is on the Iris-L web site (URL below).
Happy irising, Tom.
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