Hi,
I'm a poet who is participating in the Bimblebox 153 project to try and save the Bimblebox nature refuge and its birds. I've written a poem about the Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana. Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation?
Thanks
Robyn
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I'm not sure that there is a "correct" pronunciation, Robyn. It's more a case of horses for courses, I suspect. I'd pronounce it Akanthiza narnu (ryhmes with nana as in banana) if I had to - if you can make any sense out of that. Others may have different pronunciations.
Is there a particular reason why you're looking for the "correct" pronunciation such as a rhyming reason?
Thanks Woko,
The reason I'd like to know is I will be making a sound recording of the poem and want it to be as accurate as possible.
I'm mostly wondering if the stress is on the second or third syllable in Acanthiza
ie a/CAN/thi/za or a/can/THEE/za.
I know there are rules for that sort of thing, but it is always easier to apply them once you've heard someone say it.
Cheers
Robyn
The problem I see is that people whose native language is English fail to realize that scientific names are based on words from Latin and Greek mostly with Latin being the accepted language of expressing the names. My friend claims it is a dead language, but as long as the priests and Popes use it it is not dead. In fact, until 1848, it was the official language of my country of birth.
The pronunciation of Latin as a language is far different to English, yet English speakers as a rule are too lazy to learn how to say things properly. Funny, when they learn say German or French, they make a far bigger effort at getting it right.
In Latin, the letter i is pronounced as an ee (short ee), as an example. Yet English speakers think it's an i as in I am going somewhere...
It makes me cringe everytime I hear Latin names pronounced incorrectly.
It's hard to write exactly for Acanthiza nana, but it should be pronounced as
Ah-cahn-teeza nahnah kind of like saying AAAAH for the Doctor in Acan then teaser almost for tiza then nah nah for nana almost like nah nah nah nah nah kind of expression unlike the word nana used for Granny.
This is useful:
http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Introductio/Pronunciatio.html
Thank you very much. I particularly want to be accurate, so appreciate your guide.
Cheers
Robyn