I'm with Dean

Posted by Paul O'Connor on June 16, 2001 at 14:35:31:

In Reply to: Pronunciation revisited... posted by Eric East on June 16, 2001 at 07:17:32:

Erick,

According to Edmund Jaeger, in The Biologist’s Handbook of Pronunciations (1960, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher), Drymarchon is pronounced
drī-mâr´-kōn.

In the preface to his book, Jaeger, referring to those of us who wish to improve our pronunciation of scientific names and terms, writes:

Their path is made thorny by the fact that advanced students and even many teachers of scientific studies, to whom they look for guidance, mispronounce, often atrociously, many of the terms…(p. v)

And further he writes:

It should ever be remembered that while there are formal rules of pronunciation they have not always been observed. Long usage has in certain cases established other ways of sounding some letters, especially vowels, and of placing accents. It is also well to keep in mind that words, especially derived ones, may be pronounced differently by phonetic experts and by reputable biologists residing in different countries. The individual preferences are indeed many. (p. vi)

Hope this helps.
- Paul

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: Erick, : According to Edmund Jaeger, in The Biologist’s Handbook of Pronunciations (1960, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher), Drymarchon is pronounced : drī-mâr´-kōn. : In the preface to his book, Jaeger, referring to those of us who wish to improve our pronunciation of scientific names and terms, writes: : Their path is made thorny by the fact that advanced students and even many teachers of scientific studies, to whom they look for guidance, mispronounce, often atrociously, many of the terms…(p. v) : And further he writes: : It should ever be remembered that while there are formal rules of pronunciation they have not always been observed. Long usage has in certain cases established other ways of sounding some letters, especially vowels, and of placing accents. It is also well to keep in mind that words, especially derived ones, may be pronounced differently by phonetic experts and by reputable biologists residing in different countries. The individual preferences are indeed many. (p. vi) : Hope this helps. : - Paul

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