Re: New to me plant - silene procumbens
- Subject: Re: New to me plant - silene procumbens
- From: C* I*
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 05:51:51 -0400
Hi Claire,
>
><< Here you come up on a hard rock re Latin pronunciation. All vowels are
> prounounced individually (unless they're dipthongs...); they and their
> associated consonant(s) form seperate syllables. The question of whether
> they're long or short is a harder rock. The phonetic pronunciation you give
> above seems unlikely to me, as it indicates both the 'e' are long.
> I'd guess something like Sigh-li-neigh ot Sigh-lee-nuh . But the final
> word rests with Stern in his Botanical Latin... >>
oh the joys of Latin - I took Latin in college as my language
requirement! Only because I wouldn't be graded on oral fluency!
>
>Stearn (Stern) says, as a matter of fact, Sile' ne.
If he read lots of "Silver" or Church Latin - it is a possible
pronunciation. And Silene looks like a Greek root which throws a
monkey wrench in the works!
>
>
>There is an excellent article in the NEHS bulletin this month authored by
>George Schmid on pronounciation. Schmid is a German writing in English and
>respected for his huge monograph on Hosta. Here is what he has to say:
Where might I find this article - it would be fun to read the entire article!
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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