[Taxacom] Help sought - re. spelling of Rhamnoides.

[Torbjörn Tyler]

Or, with a more Latin/European and less Anglo-/American pronounciation: ram-no-EE-dees!

/ Torbjörn Tyler


At 04.47 +0100 on 07-12-23, Thomas Lammers wrote:


> Over the e or over the i?  I think it's a dieresis:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis
> This tells us that the o and i are to be pronounced separately, not as a diphthong:
> 
> "ram-no-EYE-dees" not "ram-NOI-dees"
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john.steel at botany.otago.ac.nz
> Date: Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:33 pm
> Subject: [Taxacom] Help sought - re. spelling of Rhamnoides.
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu, taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> 
> > I have occasionally come across Rhamnoides spelt with an umlaut 
> > over the -e- in 
> > english language texts.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me as to the justification, correctness (?), 
> > authority, or whatever, of 
> > this spelling?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance and compliments of the season to you all.
> > 
> > John Steel.
> > 
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