I never would have known!Mary Ann wrote:Two hosta names I was really pronouncing wrong until I heard them roll off the tongue of Mark Zilis are fortunei (for-tune-e-i) and longipes (lon-ji-pees).
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I thought it was Die-SEN-truh, but I would have asked for bleeding hearts.Chris_W wrote:I had a customer today ask if I had any "dieKANtruhs". I thought Dianthus? I told them I wasn't sure what they were asking for. They repeated "dieKANtruhs"! like I was an idiot or something. Then after a blank stare while I was trying to figure it out, think about the possibilities, they put me out of my misery... Bleeding hearts you idiot!
I told them I always called them Die-SEN-truh, but after Kellie now tells us that Picea should have a K sound, maybe I've been saying Dicentra wrong all these years too?
Then they asked if I had any lee-ree-OPE. At least now I understood they were asking for what I've always called lih-RYE-oh-pee. (Liriope) (By the way, this customer "corrected" me on both of my pronunciations. )
I heard that in some parts of the south, people refer to daffodils as buttercups! Around here the Mennonites talk about spider plants. I would call them cleomes or spider flowers. To me, spider plants are houseplants (Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum').
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Isn't that the truth? My father was from Texas and drank melk, but my milk rhymes with silk.Chris_W wrote:
I suppose if the customer had asked for Die-KEN-truh I might have guessed easier, but I was thrown by Die-KAN-truhs.
When I first came back to Indiana, someone told me that I don't say "lawn" properly. Everytime I listened to her, it sounded like she was saying it my way. Yet she kept telling me we weren't pronouncing it the same. I know that I don't pronounce Don and Dawn the same. My husband does. I was not saying "lon;" I was saying "lawn." I pronounce it like law with an "N" after it. I think that lady thought I was saying "long."
I know of three ways to pronounce "pecan." Oh, wait! There are more than three ways!
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I'm always being corrected, probably correctly.
I'm still not sure whether it's semper-vee-vum or semper-vye-vum, so I just call them semps to be on the safe side.
Clem-ay-tis was always that until some smartypants TV presenter decided they should be called clem-er-tis, now I'm sometimes corrected on that, incorrectly in my opinion.
As for Hosta, some of the above examples are more to do with accents. I would say hos-ter, but would expect an American to say Hah-str, (I know there are a lot of accents in America, but base my expectactions on a typical Hollywood accent).
I think the main problem stems from the fact that the English language does not have it's roots based in Latin unlike other languages.
I'm still not sure whether it's semper-vee-vum or semper-vye-vum, so I just call them semps to be on the safe side.
Clem-ay-tis was always that until some smartypants TV presenter decided they should be called clem-er-tis, now I'm sometimes corrected on that, incorrectly in my opinion.
As for Hosta, some of the above examples are more to do with accents. I would say hos-ter, but would expect an American to say Hah-str, (I know there are a lot of accents in America, but base my expectactions on a typical Hollywood accent).
I think the main problem stems from the fact that the English language does not have it's roots based in Latin unlike other languages.
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Sorry, for latin...we do not know how...so the general rule is... no pressure, no pull , no slow feet...
just easy...as the tags say..and do not give it a lift at all
campagnula is just cam-pa(g)- nu-la
NOT .... cam-PAG-nu-la
Vocal split the words.. your and my language have latin included and we may follow the ancient rules, but we do not know, so in respect , ...same pressure all over
Smart asses do not know more than the worlds best experts..Sorry, just a bit tired of too many of them
Do you have latin in primary or high shool ?
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just easy...as the tags say..and do not give it a lift at all
campagnula is just cam-pa(g)- nu-la
NOT .... cam-PAG-nu-la
Vocal split the words.. your and my language have latin included and we may follow the ancient rules, but we do not know, so in respect , ...same pressure all over
Smart asses do not know more than the worlds best experts..Sorry, just a bit tired of too many of them
Do you have latin in primary or high shool ?
Pia
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In the northeast(Maine & Massachusetts) it would be hah-str; in Indiana, it's hah-stuh.Gruntfuttock wrote:I'm always being corrected, probably correctly.
I'm still not sure whether it's semper-vee-vum or semper-vye-vum, so I just call them semps to be on the safe side.
Clem-ay-tis was always that until some smartypants TV presenter decided they should be called clem-er-tis, now I'm sometimes corrected on that, incorrectly in my opinion.
As for Hosta, some of the above examples are more to do with accents. I would say hos-ter, but would expect an American to say Hah-str, (I know there are a lot of accents in America, but base my expectactions on a typical Hollywood accent).
I think the main problem stems from the fact that the English language does not have it's roots based in Latin unlike other languages.
On my English Cottage and Country Gardens video, they say semper-vee-vum. That's the first time I heard of sempervivum. I always called them succulents. I understand that some people call them houseleeks.
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I would propably say "say gay" for Sagae. And being New England born, I've NEVER been accused of ADDING an "R".
Oh, and Spider was pronounced Spidah. Spidah always wanted her suppah.
Oh, and Spider was pronounced Spidah. Spidah always wanted her suppah.
Spider's Hosta List There are photos there too
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"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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Is a car what you drive in, or what a crow says? (I made sloppy joes foah suppah. )
Spider's Hosta List There are photos there too
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"