I remember when I left school in 1979 and went to work in a local garden centre: I overheard a customer saying " cotoneaster" which, until that point I read as Cotton Easter.
We all have to start somewhere , but it's a journey worth undertaking. There are always friendly types along the way who are happy to help.
I don't think school latin helps much. Plant names are based on a mixture of languages and none of it bears any relation to what I learnt at school. Not that I learnt much. I failed my first latin exam and went downhill from there
Even those that set themselves up as experts vary in their pronunciation of the names so I think we can do as we like
The example I will not sing up to is Buddleja. Apparently someone looked at the first time it was written down and decided "it looked more like a J , than an I": sorry, it's still Buddleia for me. I'm all for historical accuracy, but surely that's just subjective to say " it LOOKS more like a J" ?
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I am the same Ashleigh! I can't help with the Latin sadly as I have forgotten it from school.
I remember when I left school in 1979 and went to work in a local garden centre: I overheard a customer saying " cotoneaster" which, until that point I read as Cotton Easter.
We all have to start somewhere , but it's a journey worth undertaking. There are always friendly types along the way who are happy to help.
Ashleigh2 , I pronounce ( as a Scot ) the ch in Heuchera the same as I do for the ch in " loch"
I don't think school latin helps much. Plant names are based on a mixture of languages and none of it bears any relation to what I learnt at school. Not that I learnt much. I failed my first latin exam and went downhill from there
Even those that set themselves up as experts vary in their pronunciation of the names so I think we can do as we like
In the sticks near Peterborough
The example I will not sing up to is Buddleja. Apparently someone looked at the first time it was written down and decided "it looked more like a J , than an I": sorry, it's still Buddleia for me. I'm all for historical accuracy, but surely that's just subjective to say " it LOOKS more like a J" ?
CLEARLY I MEANT SIGN UP TO NOT SING. sorry folks
Buddleia is obviously right whatever the official line is now.
In the sticks near Peterborough
And people, including me, always pronounce Gypsophila as if it ended philia
would it be just toooooo contentious if I said , I pronounce it Gypsohila, NOT gysophilia:
which sounds like some sort of deviancy, lol
maybe something nasty to do with gypsies?? Of which I do not approve.