English Latin?

[William A. Hayes]

Robin wrote:
> in any official way.  We pick up pronunciation from listening to our professors
> and by making up a sound when we see it written.
>
> Robin Panza                     panzar at clp2.clpgh.org

Amen! And in my experience their is a sort of tradition of pronunciation
that passes down within schools or from particular systematics
professors. Also, when the making up happens, the going sometimes gets
very weird!

Best wishes,
Bill

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> To the best of my knowledge, it is simple ignorance.  Latin is rarely learned
> in school, at least in the U.S., and biological pronunciation is rarely taught
> Section of Birds
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History
> Pittsburgh  PA  USA
>
> >IS IT OFFICIALLY VALIDATED WITH ANY ENGLISH GRAMMAR RULES to use the manner
> >to pronounce any Latin or  other  foreign names following English  rules
> >of pronunciation instead of their native ones?
> >
> >OR  IS IT   JUST A CUSTOM  IGNORANCE not depending  on  any  legitimized
> >grammar rules?
> >
> >Thank you in advance
> >
> >---
> >Valery A. Korneyev, Executive Editor, Journal of Ukrainian Entomological Societ
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