Brian
I think that loads of people get that sound wrong, probably because they don't
take care to find out the right spelling and pronunciation. Another word that
is similarly corrupted is "homogeneous" (from which the second 'e' is commonly
omitted); or "mischievous" (into which people -- northerners for the most part
-- insert another, penultimate syllable using an 'i' or 'e').
The Anenome is a sea creature, isn't it?
And I understand that you might avoid "whose" for a thing rather than a person,
but you should replace it with something like "the name of which". However, I
prefer just to use "whose" :-)
Chris
On 31 May 2011, at 03:19, Brian Swale wrote:
> More or less in line with the language topic Boris raised is this one that I
> noticed recently; especially since I have a few special ones to grow.
>
> There is a little herbaceous plant in the Ranunculaceae, the generic name (
> not *whose* name ! ) is Anemone. You can see a pic at the centre of the
> opening page of www.brianswale.com
> Try pronouncing it.
>
> If you follow the spelling, to my ears it seems awkward.
>
> In my area it is pronounced "Anenome". With a long "e" at the end as in
> "feel".
> Maybe with practice against decades of wrong sounds, it will seem OK if I
> follow the spelling strictly.
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