Re: pronunciation of saurus by a spanish speaker who also knowssome greek

Quoting Neal Romanek <nromanek@earthlink.net>:

And should Walkeri - as in Baryonyx walkeri - be spelled Valkeri, since there really is no use of the "W" in Latin, only V and U?

The distinction between V and U is post-Classical Latin, as is the distinction between I and J.

--
Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

"Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity."
    --Edwin H. Land

References:
- pronunciation of saurus by a spanish speaker who also knows some greek
  - From: Sebastian Apesteguia <sebapesteguia@yahoo.com.ar>
- Re: pronunciation of saurus by a spanish speaker who also knows some greek
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Re: pronunciation of saurus by a spanish speaker who also knowssome greek
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Re: pronunciation of saurus by a spanish speaker who also knowssome greek
  - From: Neal Romanek <nromanek@earthlink.net>