Re: Bistahieversor sealeyi, NM tyrannosaurid

[Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>]

Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu> wrote:


> I'm sorry, but I tend to find it a bit presumptuous when an
> author tells me how to pronounce a Neo-Latin name. 


It's standard operating procedure in microbiology.  Every description of a new 
genus and species of microbe comes complete with a guide to pronunciation.  It 
works well, and ensures that there is ONE (and ONLY one) 'official' 
pronunciation.  

Julius Caesar might have objected to the way a neo-Latin name is pronounced; 
but he's long dead, so who cares what he thinks.



Cheers

Tim