Homogenous is proscribed by Oxford but accepted as an alternative
spelling by Webster... probably since it has been in use for nearly 100
years. In my youth I used to say homogeneous but have slipped into
homogenous since that's all I hear others say. Maybe it's the influence
of "homogenized milk".
By itself Anemone is a genus of plants. The sea creature is a Sea
anemone. But, in either case, the "o" and the second "e" are long vowels.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/31/2011 2:01 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> 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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