[Taxacom] pronunciation of Latin, concluding remarks

[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 3/19/2012 6:22 PM, Pekka T. Lehtinen wrote:
> it should also be
> UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED that the alternative ADOPTED AND PREFERRED BY ME
> (AND MANY OF MY NON-ANGLOPHONE COLLEAGUES) is more practical, as then it
> will be necessary to learn ONLY ONE, “Code-Compliant”  PRONUNCIATION OF
> LATIN. If this principle could be taught in basic biological courses of
> universities of ALL COUNTRIES,   after some time EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET
> USING SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ORGANISMS in oral communication would need to
> know only one pronunciation of Latin!!

* this whole discussion neglects the imprinting of the pronunciation of 
some phonemes and the inability-to-pronounce other phonemes by children 
as they learn their mother tongue. If such scientific study of the 
ontology of speech shows that a single global pronunciation of 
scientific names is impossible, it seems scientifically silly to suggest it.

fred (coming from a meeting where a Canadian described taking a 
pseudonym because her Chinese friends couldn't pronounce her name)
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