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Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostClem-a-tis rather than Cle-may-tis.
Presumably........?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Speaking of things horticultural - "Peonies"
I've always pronounced it "pay-onies". I've heard it pronounced closer to "pianos", or something ... well ... err ... else. (Such that "Come into the garden and look at my tall, pink peonies" might result in criminal proceedings.)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post... [clematis] - I pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable, and a short, "Northern" (ie "proper") "a".
Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostSpeaking of things horticultural - "Peonies"
I've always pronounced it "pay-onies". I've heard it pronounced closer to "pianos", or something ... well ... err ... else.
... 'pee - a - knees. With the 'a' being a schwa.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostSpeaking of things horticultural - "Peonies"
I've always pronounced it "pay-onies". I've heard it pronounced closer to "pianos", or something ... well ... err ... else. (Such that "Come into the garden and look at my tall, pink peonies" might result in criminal proceedings.)
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostSpeaking of things horticultural - "Peonies"
I've always pronounced it "pay-onies". I've heard it pronounced closer to "pianos", or something ... well ... err ... else. (Such that "Come into the garden and look at my tall, pink peonies" might result in criminal proceedings.)
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Originally posted by ahinton View Post... whereas a lot of people pronounces players of them "pee - anists" I've always prononced them as "pyANists", if only for consistency's sake...
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Originally posted by ahinton View PostI've always wondered about that in respect of pianos; everyone probably pronounces them more or less the same way but whereas a lot of people pronounces players of them "pee - anists" I've always prononced them as "pyANists", if only for consistency's sake...
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostBristolians seemed sometimes to emphasise a different syllable to the one I'd been led to believe to be right: eg "theAtre" rather than "thEatre".
For plant names I consult Plant Names Simplified: their pronunciation, derivation & meaning, by AT Johnson and HA Smith. Clematis derives from Greek κλεμα, a vine branch; so obviously pronunciation will be CLEM-a-tis. Similarly Peony or Paeony is derived from the name Paeon, an ancient Greek physician who used it as a healing plant (it says here).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostFighting words, sir! I don't think this is particular to Bristolians, though people living in Bristol may use non standard pronunciations.
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