Re: Pronuncing Pittosporum

I'm not sure what the "pitto" part is but the "sporum" is actually a 
Latinization of the Greek root "sporos", seed.   In such a compound, the 
syllabization would pit-to'-spo-rum, the accent on the second syllable.

Of course, some "Latin" names have become such familiar words in spoken 
language that it makes little difference what the rules are; we pronounce 
them they way the majority around us do.  Who says "Eu-ka'-lyp-tus", for 
example?

The East Coast seems to side with British pronunciations more consistently 
than the West.

Bob


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