How do you pronounce Iseli (Nursery)
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Comments (4)Hi Laura, I wouldn't worry about this much (I don't know of any list anywhere either). Do the best you can learning the names & I wouldn't worry about their pronunciation. Speaking personally (& I've belonged to several plant societies) among others of us, there are often variations in pronunciation. Like me, many times it's cause one's only SEEN or READ the word, never heard it SPOKEN. For myself, if someone is using the Latin name (correctly) I almost don't care how they pronounce the word(s). With time & frequent use you'll get to learn what the more commonly heard pronunciations are & get used to them....See MoreHow do you pronounce Thuja?
Comments (39)The discussion reminds me of a story from my grad school days. One of the professors was an Asian fellow named Dr. Hu. When he first introduced himself he pronounced his name "Dr. Hugh", and that was how I subsequently referred to him. One day when talking about him with several of the other students, I was asked why I said his name that way since everyone else pronounced his name "Dr. Who". When I replied that that was how he himself pronounced his name so it had to be correct, I was informed that he only said it that way because of his accent. I thought this was a very funny statement but the other student was in earnest, the implication being that since I do not speak with a Chinese accent I should say the name the right way, "Dr. Hu". To this day, it still makes me chuckle to think of the student who believed that Dr. Hu prounced his own name wrong. Alex...See MoreHow do you pronounce?
Comments (2)Well, it seems I can't edit my last post which I was adding to when it disappeared. So I'll repost. I asked about Stupice years ago and got an answer I considered authoritative. Here's a copy: edweather USDA 9a, HZ 9, Sunset 28 When I look at the name, that 's exactly what I see, stew-piss. According to Carolyn in her book, Stupice is pronounced stoo-PEECH-ka. Sorry Dave, why it's not spelled in English like it sounds, I don't know. Maybe Carolyn does. I never understood how it's pronounced like that, but since the tomato is from Czechoslovakia they must have different pronunciations, and I'm guessing that the name probably looks totally different written in Czech, and Stupice is just the English transliteration. I grow them almost every year. Here's a link to the entire thread which includes info from Carolyn who received info on the pronunciation from a European seedman with family from Czechoslovakia: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2177454/stupice-pronunciation So I'm now pronouncing it as stoo-PEECH-ka or as I would write it: stew-PEACH-ka...See MoreHow do you pronounce corydalis?
Comments (30)Heh heh. I thought I was the only one who lives in the backwoods and was a little embarrassed when a latin name sounds weird the first time you say it out loud. They seem different when you say it in your head for years. On the plus side alone in my garden all my pronunciations are perfect....See Morepineresin
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