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How do you pronounce Hedypnois rhagadioloides anyway?

由使用者 arboretum_amy arboretum_amy2021年11月05日 03:34 所貼文

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Calflora says hed-IP-no-is, which is not the stress I would have guessed. Unfortunately that page uses H. cretica, the old name, so no tips on how to say rhagadioloides.

發佈由 arboretum_amy 超過 2 年 前

Stress in latin is on second syllable from the end if it's not the short one, vowel before another vowel is always short, so stress is on the third syllable from the end (e.g. Delph(i)nium), also "oi" can be called a diphthong, that way "y" is a second syllable (and it's before two constants, so it's long).

發佈由 marina_gorbunova 超過 2 年 前

Sneaky diphthong.

發佈由 arboretum_amy 超過 2 年 前

hadthlskdfpiht raldkgpghgnt

發佈由 astra_the_dragon 超過 2 年 前

I have found this guide by Mike Simpson to be very useful to help students with pronunciation of scientific names: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/plants/plantsystematics/botnames.html

But in the end, we are trying to pronounce made-up words derived from Greek or Latin roots that have been latinized and then speaking them in English (or any other language) and mostly following the pronunciation rules of the language used for communication. In the end it all gets jumbled and I usually just tell people to enunciate all the syllables and say the names with confidence.

發佈由 docder 超過 2 年 前

Nice! Thanks Josh

發佈由 arboretum_amy 超過 2 年 前

@connlindajo -- thought you may enjoy this journal post as well. :)

發佈由 sambiology 超過 1 年 前

Thanks @sambiology! I LOVE it! "Rhagadioloides happens".

發佈由 connlindajo 超過 1 年 前

Grateful that typing "hed rha" into iNat is sufficient, but honestly read it as Hedynopsis until I saw this...

發佈由 vreinkymov 超過 1 年 前

ruh-gah-dee-oh-LOY-deez?

發佈由 gorthiv 4 個月 前

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