Re: How is "Elaphe" pronounced?

Posted by Patrick Alexander on March 08, 2001 at 06:48:20:

In Reply to: How is posted by JEsse on March 07, 2001 at 21:43:06:

: How do you pronounce the genus "Elaphe"????

Apparently, the `correct' Latin pronunciation is `eh-luh-FEE'... maybe the first syllable ought to be stressed as well... but different people pronounce Latin differently, and there aren't any Latin speakers to get truly correct Latin pronunciations from, so it's pretty arbitrary. I just say `eh-LAFF', 'cause I don't speak Latin.

Patrick Alexander

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: : How do you pronounce the genus "Elaphe"???? : Apparently, the `correct' Latin pronunciation is `eh-luh-FEE'... maybe the first syllable ought to be stressed as well... but different people pronounce Latin differently, and there aren't any Latin speakers to get truly correct Latin pronunciations from, so it's pretty arbitrary. I just say `eh-LAFF', 'cause I don't speak Latin. : Patrick Alexander

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