Aroids in foreign languages

From: MOTO_DO at t-online.de (Ihr Name) on 1998.12.22 at 14:49:26(2860) Dear Aroiders, as I seen, the people which communicate on the Aroid L are from all over the world. +More So I want them asking if they can tell me how Aoids called and spelled in their own language. For example in Germany they where called "Aronstabgewaechse". I need the names for a Flash movie, which will be inserted in my forthcoming homepage. Thomas moto_do@t-online.de

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (Dewey Fisk) on 1998.12.22 at 16:12:26(2861) This is an interesting topic and I certainly hope that others will reply... I once heard Jose Abalo, a noted Heliconia authority from Venezuela say that "It is difficult for a Spanish speaking person to pronounce Latin in English." From this point of view, I have no doubt that there are several unusual nams that have come up... Dewey +More >Dear Aroiders, >as I seen, the people which communicate on the Aroid L are from all over >the world. >So I want them asking if they can tell me how Aoids called and spelled >in their own language. For example in Germany they where called >"Aronstabgewaechse". >I need the names for a Flash movie, which will be inserted in my >forthcoming homepage. > >Thomas >moto_do@t-online.de Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 1998.12.24 at 21:53:21(2865) In a message dated 12/22/98 11:00:41 AM EST, plantnut@macconnect.com writes: << I once heard Jose Abalo, a noted Heliconia authority from Venezuela say that "It is difficult for a Spanish speaking person to pronounce Latin in English." From this point of view, I have no doubt that there are several unusual nams that have come up... +More Dewey >> In my final year of undergraduate study, I had the experience of translating plant's Latin names from Spanish into English. Our guide would tell us the name, and then I had to say it again so that the English-speaking students could understand. For example, in pointing at a Cyclanthaceae, the guide said, "see-clan-TA-see-a," and then I had to translate it as, "sy-clan-THAY- see-ay."

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