hahaha ,, kinda like  "you say paatatoe ,,,   I say pataatoe .....  "  it
is a tricky one
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From: "Bob Powell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] rainy day pronunciation questions


> This thread rises like Dracula about once a year.  The usual division of
> the
> house is approximately the following:
>
>
> One half goes for "SAY-BINE" like the unfortunate women in Roman legend
>
> One half goes for "sa-BEAN" like the river separating Louisiana and Texas
>
> A few pedants insist on "sabin," rhymes with "cabin"
>
>
> The pedants are correct, as usual.  This bird was named after the Irish
> scientist Sir Edward Sabine by his brother Joseph Sabine.  And that's the
> way they pronounced their name.
>
> The upside is that no matter how you pronounce it, most birders will know
> what you mean.
>
> Regarding the Pyrrhuloxia, I have lived in West Texas, New Mexico, and
> Arizona, and everyone I met there pronounced it "peer-roo-LOX-ia."  I have
> run into some easterners who say "pye-roo-LOX-ia," and that may even be
> technically correct.  We need to find a pedant to settle it.
>
> Texans should not be regarded as having any special expertise in
> pronouncing
> Spanish, but even south of the border, one almost exclusively hears
> "pah-RAH-kay" for Pauraque.  Some folks of the French persuasion say
> "pah-ROCK," but folks of the French persuasion have a lot of funny ideas.
>
> We haven't even gotten onto "Jacana" yet?  There are at least three
> different pronunciation of that name.  The name comes from
> the Portuguese and my Brazilian colleagues pronounce it "zhah-sah-nah,"
> but
> almost nobody else does.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Robert D Powell
> Wilmington, OH, USA
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>
> Nulla dies sine linea
>
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