gtarman Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 ^^^^I would say bridgess-ee , same with anything ending in -iiyou would not say williasm-eye in Lophophora williamsii , right?Yeah, I guess for me it was more just the lead-in to the "ii" in bridgesii seemed to want me to pronounce it as an "eye" sound, but good point. And what syllable would you place the emphasis on? I always place it on the first, but recently I've heard some people place it on the second ie brid-JESS-e-e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradox Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 that would be bridge-easy-eye in my pronunciation. just like maiden-e-eye. whats this bridgessi crap? but then maybe thats the right way.. i don't know,trucha makes good points.. i remember a lecturer of mine a while back saying that much of latin pronunciation is just about anyones guess.i used to call trichocereus pachanoi: try-ko-serrius patch-annoy until i realized that ch in latin is pronounced apparently in only one way, no one is sure which is the way ancient latin speakers pronounced it, but if you pronounce pachanoi: patch-annoy then you also would have to pronounce trichocereus: try-cho-serrius. try-ko-serrius sounds more natural to me than try-cho, so i ended up pronouncing pachanoi: pack-annoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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