Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
- From: B* M* <m*@TEAMZEON.COM>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:24:49 -0500
Betty Moorman@ZEON
02/26/99 10:24 AM
When I was in school we were taught that the English school of thought
dictated that a g in Latin be pronounced hard (as the g in get) whereas the
Italian pronunciation was soft (as the first g in ginseng).
CCREDUX@AOL.COM on 02/25/99 10:06:26 PM
Please respond to shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
cc: (bcc: Betty Moorman/Zeon)
Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
In a message dated 2/25/1999 8:10:25 PM Central Standard Time,
diehlr@INDIANA.EDU writes:
<< Instead of worrying about how to pronounce the Latin name, let's all go
to
the charming and easily pronounced common name--Pigsqueak. >>
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Heavens no! The most fun is pronouncing the names---not how to grow them.
<BG>
Coombes, DICTIONARY of PLANT NAMES (Timber Press 1993, 7th Ed.) gives this
pronunciation: ber-gen[accented]-ee-a. {But he also gives the pronunciation
of
liriope as : lee-ree[accented]-o-pay.}
Maybe we should go back to Kipling:" There are one and twenty ways to make
a
tribal lay---and every single one of them is right."
Clyde Crockett z5 Indianapolis IN <ccredux@aol.com>
