This weekend my father in law (has a PhD in herpetology) and I were talking carnivorous plants and I noticed he pronounced the scientific names totally different then me. How do you pronounce them?
ex.1 S. leucophylla
I say: luke oh file a
he says: lew coff ill a
ex.2 S.oreophila
I say: oreo fill a
He says: oh rif ill a
ex. S. flava
me: flaw va
him: flay va
ex. alata
me: a la ta
him: ay late a
we did pronounce sarracenia and rubra the same.
ex.1 S. leucophylla
I say: luke oh file a
he says: lew coff ill a
ex.2 S.oreophila
I say: oreo fill a
He says: oh rif ill a
ex. S. flava
me: flaw va
him: flay va
ex. alata
me: a la ta
him: ay late a
we did pronounce sarracenia and rubra the same.
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