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Old 03-05-2012, 08:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Maurelii; Question about pronunciation.
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?
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I thought it was " in set A"
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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
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Default Re: Maurelii; Question about pronunciation.
Whenever I've heard it spoken it's been EN-SET.

Although I read it as en-set-ee.
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Botanical Name: Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' (en-SET-ay ven-tri-KO-sum)

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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
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.
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