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Re: Afrovenator pronunciation

To: bh480@scn.org
Subject: Re: Afrovenator pronunciation
From: Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:27:49 -0800
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
References: <199911161707.JAA03830@scn4.scn.org>
Reply-to: bettyc@flyinggoat.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

he used the knee-JAIR-ah-saur-us throughout the Nat Geo explorer
DINOSAUR show too.

-Betty

bh480@scn.org wrote:
> Paul Sereno was on Science Friday on NPR last week
> (11/12/99) and pronounced Nigersaurus nee-zhayr-SAWR-us,
> using the French pronunciation nee-ZHAYR for Niger rather
> than the anglicized NIE-juhr. In this case, Ill use
> Pauls version when I do a posting in the dinosaur-name
> pronunciation guide for Dinosauria On-linemany English
> speakers use the French version, which reflects the local
> pronunciation in the country itself (a former French
> territory). But NIE-juhr-SAWR-us would be OK as well.

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