pronunciation of names

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    [size=large]Is there an online dictionary specifically for flower/plants/roses etc which help with the pronuciation of their names? I have found a few dictonaries online, which have the audio facility, but none of them is "technical", so to speak.[/size]
     
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    :WINK1: ~I know it can be difficult but there is this site
    http://www.flower-dictionary.com/index.html
    and this one ~I know of....
    http://www.plantpress.com/plant-encyclopedia/
    They are both quite good....... :thumbsup:
     
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    [size=large]I was more thinking of the English names, I can more or less manage with the Latin names...
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    Jings, that's a hard one Miraflores.
    How things are pronounced in English might depend on where you are and local style.
    English dictionaries always have a bit to show the pronounciation of the word - but I think it's written in heiroglyphics !
    Can you give us a few examples of words you're having problems with and maybe we can help with the pronounciation - but you might get as many opinions as you get answers :rolleyespink:
     
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    Oh my, the pronunciation of plant names can be a minefield! Most people, including me, have trouble pronouncing extended latin names but even the English names can trip up up people. I don't know of anywhere which properly explains the pronunciation of English names. Listening to people in the UK pronouncing English names can lead to a scratching of heads, a quizzical look and a bemused smile because of our different accents and personal interpretation of a name, and that includes me. If you do not live in the UK that can cause a further problem but as a eminent gardener used to say "Don't worry about saying the name correctly while talking to another gardener as they will, with a smile, understand!!" I'm sure that when you pronounce a name incorrectly another gardener will kindly correct you with his or her way of saying the name.
     
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    Clematis springs to mind (I say it with the accent on the "clem"). People can get quite heated about it :th_scifD36:
     
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