Pronouncing plant names

I say clematis with a short a and no real emphasis on any syllable. My sister says clemAtis, also a short A but emphasised. I know other people who say clemAYtis. And tomAYto. It doesn't matter as long as we all know what we mean.

 

It's not just the plant world. When I was culturing corals we had plenty of scientific name changes to deal with and you then had to put up with a tremendous about of variation. The worst was Scolymia, a doughnut shaped coral that can look like a kid got loose with a box of crayons on your wall, was changed to Homophyllia, which to me isn't a great name for a rainbow coloured coral.

 

My father always referred to anemones as 'annymoans'. Said that way indicated the correct way to spell it, as so many people got it wrong, and called them 'anenomies'

 

I’m a CLEMatis person. But don’t get me started on scon or scoan.

 

Scone Palace?

 

Aint there a stone of scon. "och aye the noo"

 

That'll be 'scoon' @pete . Yep, the stone is associated with the Palace of Scone, also pron. 'Scoon'

 

But it’s not the stoon of Scoon.

 

...nor the stone of Scone....

 

Next thing Greta will be telling us it's "tune berjiah"

 

Is Nicotiana pronounced Nico te ana or Ne coshiana ? And is it Gora or Gowerer ?

 

I'd go for your first options in each case @Millie16 but just because I think they sounds nicer!

 

I made two dozen of those yesterday. With an 'e' on the end and no double 'n' it should be scone not scon.

 

One scone. That’s oan scoan, then. Or wun scun. I’m done. Or doan.

 

With cream and jam and which on top?