Re: Pronunciation...

Posted by Jean Lobel on August 31, 1999 at 17:04:45:

In Reply to: Re: Pronunciation... posted by Rob Lewis on August 31, 1999 at 09:21:56:

: I have always used ee-lay-fay.....

: : Something I've always been wondering... How on earth are you supposed to pronounce "Elaphe"? eh-laff, ee-laff, eh-lafe, eh-laff-ee? Just got a pair of radiated rat snakes last Friday and I figured I ought to find out how to pronounce the genus name by now... Thanks.

: : Patrick Alexander

The dictionary had el in elapid presented the same as el in elbow.To me they seemed to be placing the emphasis on l as el-a-pid.I wish I could hear it pronounced.Could it be el-a-peh-day?Somebody wake up the Academic Forum!
JL

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