Re: Reactions to the secret vice (was: Steg's wonderful sig.)

> You hear this from time to time in frozen Latin phrases, like
>> "arbor vitae", pronounced to rhyme with "nightie," and so on.
>>

Well, of course botanical Latin is going to be said according to how a
speaker says words normally, which is why people who know how to say the
Latin right that I know, go into fits about the proper pronunciation of
plants like "caesalpinia" or "Cupressocyparis leylandii". Here's how I
would pronounce Caesalpinia - /sejsAlpIni@/ (i hope i did that right!). I
remember on a plant mailing list I am on, we had a talk about "correct"
botanical Latin pronunciation. The concensus was to not corrrect a
speaker, even if you know how it should be said.

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