Re: Language for taxonomic names, redux

Andy Mabbett <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.languages
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On 23 February 2017 at 09:57, Arthur Reutenauer
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://capewest.ca/pron.html
>
>   This page does not argue that binomial names should be pronounced the
> same way in every language

"Latin biological names in English speech are usually pronounced with
English letter sounds. [...] An Anglo-Latin pronunciation has been in
use for centuries... "

The references it cites include:

   Chandler, C.
   1889
   Pronunciation of Latin and Quasi-latin Scientific terms.
   Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 4:161-176.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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