Re: Pronunciations

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/18/01 11:00:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dinogami@hotmail.com writes:

>    Well, in instances where we have, for example, the originator of a given 
>  name actually on tape saying the name (as we do with Ostrom and 
>  _Deinonychus_), then we know how it is to be pronounced, period, end of 
>  story.

Well, no.  Personally, I don't care how the coiner pronounces it.  Dinosaur 
names, like other Latinate vocabulary, have a certain range of possible 
pronunciations, and individuals are going to vary as to which one they 
choose.  It's hardly the end of the world.

--Nick P.

Incidentally, "deinonychus" would be pronounced with the stress on the second 
syllable in either Greek or Latin.