[Taxacom] Taxonomists take note....

[Frank.Krell at dmns.org]

Oh yes, we do. See www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf‎
The German pronunciation, given that German is a phonetic language like Latin, is much closer to the Roman pronunciation than the English pronunciation.

Frank


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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Bryan Heidorn
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:32 AM
To: Richard Pyle
Cc: Taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Taxonomists take note....

Since no one knows how Latin was pronounced originally I guess it is not surprising that Latin names are pronounced differently in German.

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