botany book and pronunciation

Carol Jensen jorna@mobilixnet.dk
Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:14:19 PDT
At 00:31 15-07-2005, Dennis Kramb wrote:


>Do you pronounce it Vee-ola or Vie-ola?  :-)
>
>Dennis in Cincy (where he'd pronounce it Vie-ola tri-color).
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"vee-ola". Always the Italian pronunciation, which most people believe to  be the Latin pronunciation as well, I guess.

Carol 



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