[Taxacom] Asterales

[Torbjörn Tyler]

Well, I believed that the very point of using Latin ("scientific") names instead of vernacular (i.e. English) names in scientific communication was that we, irrespective of mother tounge, should be able to understand!??

With this in mind I am rather astonished by finding out that some apparently considers it recommendable to pronounce these scientific/Latin names in a way that is congruent with local traditions/languages but which is apparently known to be very difficult to interpret by colleagues from other such local traditions.

For sure, we cannot expect everybody to have a perfect classical Latin pronounciation, but I had really hoped that it was the goal towards which we all strived. If Americans insist on deliberately pronouncing scientific organismal names according to the rules of American English, I will from now on only use the Swedish vernacular names most familiar to me in all communication with Americans...

:( Torbjörn





13 mar 2012 kl. 07.22 skrev Jim Croft:

>> This is a small price we all pay to live in a multilingual,
>> multicultural world with a complex history.
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> And it's nice to have that small reminder that we live in a
> multilingual, multicultural world with a complex history. :)
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