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09-20-2020, 05:47 AM
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Coelogyne pronunciation
Sorry, but I had to. It's pronounced "see-LODGE-uh-nee"?? Is that common knowledge? I can't wrap my head around the pronunciation... 
I had always pronounced it "coil-o-gine," as some sort of hybrid Latin/English pronunciation (with the hard 'c' and the "oe" diphthong pronounced "oi" being the Latin part). Darn it! |
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09-20-2020, 08:35 AM
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Sorry, but I had to. It's pronounced "see-LODGE-uh-nee"?? Is that common knowledge? I can't wrap my head around the pronunciation...
I had always pronounced it "coil-o-gine," as some sort of hybrid Latin/English pronunciation (with the hard 'c' and the "oe" diphthong pronounced "oi" being the Latin part). Darn it! |
Yes, pronounce it like that, see-LODGE-uh-nee. |
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09-20-2020, 12:43 PM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to have trouble with this!
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09-20-2020, 01:08 PM
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Ce-lo-gy-ne is like Che-ddar - Lo-nely - Gee-na (but short vowel sund) Ne-ither
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09-20-2020, 03:29 PM
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People who took Greek and Latin would agree with COIL - oh - gy-nee. But that's not how the orchid world pronounces it.
It doesn't actually matter how you pronounce any botanical name so long as everybody understands what you mean.
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09-20-2020, 03:42 PM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to have trouble with this!
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You are not alone. :P
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Originally Posted by estación seca
It doesn't actually matter how you pronounce any botanical name so long as everybody understands what you mean.
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09-20-2020, 07:22 PM
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Whenever I type Coelogyne, I mentally have to think COE-low-gine (like wine, but gine), in order to spell it right. If I think see-LODGE-uh-nee, then I would subconsciously type Ceelogyne or Ceelogine.
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09-20-2020, 08:05 PM
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In the animal kingdom, hollow-bodied creatures like jellyfish, sea anenomes, are Coelenterates, and in biology class they were always suh-len'-ter-aytes. Same root, I'd have to go with suh-loj'-eh-nee. (the C soft). the "oe" is a dipthong, so I think that would make it more like an "e" or "eh" making a soft C rather than an "o" which would tend to lead to a hard C.
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09-21-2020, 03:47 AM
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I pronounce it "See-Lodge-In-ee." I used to pronounce it as "Coh-Elle-Oh-Gin" when I was a noob, to the confusion of the growers I was speaking to. The faces I got at shows were...interesting.
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