Re: Latin pronunciation puzzle

Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
>
> Nigel Greenwood wrote:

> > Sorry I mentioned the name of a vulgarisateur. Real scientist or not,
> > he did at least take the trouble to read zoology & geology at
> > Cambridge. I'm way out of my depth here zoologically (stand up, the
> > boy who said "zoo-ologically"!); but given that this is sl I'm still
> > interested in the answer to my question. Is it Attenborough-guy,
> > Attenborough-wee, Attenbor-oogy, or what?

> The Romans would have latinized the man's name: Davidus
> Atanborophus. Hence the name of the animal would have been:
> Zaglossus atanborophi. If -borough and burg have the same

That, however, is not how biological nomenclature works.

> meaning, the man's name would be David from the burg of
> Atten, in Latin simply Davidus Atanus, and the animal's name
> Zaglossus atani. The dwellers of Edinburgh call their city Embra.
> The analogous short form of the man's name would be Dave Ambra,
> in Latin Davidus Ambrus, and the animal's name Zaglossus ambri.
> But the best pronunciation is the one you proposed yourself:
> Zaglossus attenborough-wee, or perhaps attenborophy.
>
> Franz Gnaedinger (hoping they won't name an animal for me ;-)

If you were a zoologist, you would.
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