Hello TFF members,
I have not pronounced the scientific names properly and I have not been writing them in Korean pronunciation on my blog in order to avoid mispronunciation. However, today, someone told me that pronouncing the scientific name is totally not important no matter how pronounce it, but spelling and classifying it is more important because Latin is a dead language, so anyone knows how to pronounce it precisely.
Actually, I couldn't come up with contradicts about this opinion, but I thought that pronunciation is also so important that we should regard and observe it. That is one of the reasons for studying Latin though there are a lot of variations, I think.
Maybe the pronunciation is important for communicating with others so people should follow the rule, isn't it?
Now I'm confused that can people pronounce the scientific name their own way or not.
Sorry for bothering this basic question and I look forward to receiving you guys' answer. Thank you!