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As for the importance of the pronunciation of the scientific names.
Joon posted a topic in Questions & Answers
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!- 16 replies
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Hi all, How do you all go about pronouncing the scientific names of species that you find? So far, I've just gone with what sounds right and tweaked it based off what I hear others say. Most genus and species names are derived from Greek and Latin I believe, so looking at pronunciations in those languages may help. But is there any outside resource that you all use, or do you just say it how you see it? I'd hate to disrespect a shark by butchering his name!
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Hi All. First post! And I need help. Can someone please tell me the correct pronunciation for 'mortichnia'? Alternatives could include 'mor-tick-nia' or 'mor-titch-nia' or 'mor-tike-nia'. And the emphasis could lie on the second or third syllable. I love special words and, if/when I need to use this one in casual speech, I don't want to make an idiot of myself because, knowing my luck, there will surely be a palaeontologist eaves-dropping when I finally get to say it. Cheers and thanks, Tim.