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john_ny
03-05-2012, 08:37 PM
I have a bunch of Maurelii growing like crazy in my bay window. I can't wait to get them outside, in about a month, or so.
My question here is how do you pronounce the first name; is it En-set, or En-setee?

natej740
03-05-2012, 09:59 PM
I thought it was " in set A"

ChuckT
03-06-2012, 10:15 AM
To paraphrase an expert on botanical latin, "botanical latin is primarily a written language, it doesn't really matter how it's pronounced as long as it sounds pleasant and you get your point across"

my 2 cents it's EN-SET :woohoonaner:

jmoore
03-06-2012, 12:24 PM
Whenever I've heard it spoken it's been EN-SET.

Although I read it as en-set-ee.

natej740
03-06-2012, 11:43 PM
Botanical Name: Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' (en-SET-ay ven-tri-KO-sum)

^^^^^from the wiki

venturabananas
03-12-2012, 11:31 PM
To paraphrase an expert on botanical latin, "botanical latin is primarily a written language, it doesn't really matter how it's pronounced as long as it sounds pleasant and you get your point across"

my 2 cents it's EN-SET :woohoonaner:

Agreed -- nobody speaks Latin anymore. But, it's closer to Spanish than English. So.. En-set-eh. Have to pronounce all the vowels. Unless they are diphthongs.