[pbs] Botanical Latin
bonaventure at optonline.net
bonaventure at optonline.net
Mon Dec 15 14:07:38 EST 2008
Jim,
In Poland, Walujew would be pronounced "va LOO yevf", and his Frittilaria there, if spelled phonetically and with the correct grammatical case endings if Polish were the scientific language, would be Frytylaria walujwyi (the y is a short i). Similarly for Turczaninow (TOOR chan NEEN ovf).
Bonawentura Magrys (and the s has a dot over it and is pronounced like sh)
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From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104 at comcast.net>
Subject: [pbs] Botanical Latin
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I always enjoy these discussion of Botanical Latin. Has anyone noticed
that some botanists transliterate the (English) "V" sound from Russian as
"w" in names? Other times as "v" of course.
Some examples:
Corydalis turczaninowii
Corydalis kusnetzovii
Fritillaria walujewii (What nationality was Mr. Walujew? How is that
pronounced in Anglophone countries? In Germany? In Slavic countries?)
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