Trametes Pronunciation

KeenTeen17 · #1 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 07:49 PM

I was just wondering how trametes is pronounced?

Is it tray meets
or tray meet ees
or tra meets
or tra meet ees

NickCantle · #2 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 07:53 PM

Could this not have been posted in the pronunciation thread rather than have a completely separate thread on it? Sorry to sound like a boring chap, but why didn't you just search the other thread?

If you look in the other thread and read it, you'll get your answer.

KeenTeen17 · #3 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 07:55 PM

I actually thought of that but I have found that people don't really reply on that thread because theres too many pages on it. They might be put off maybe?

eeyore · #4 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:00 PM

I think (though i'm probably wrong) thast its said tram meet tees.

on nicks point you might have a point mate but if the forum was limited to only new topics not covered already we would be very short on new posts (look at how many "what lens for wildlife" type enquiries there are in the photo forum)

NickCantle · #5 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I actually thought of that but I have found that people don't really reply on that thread because theres too many pages on it. They might be put off maybe?

Why would they be put off? Look at the Dung Day Thread

NickCantle · #6 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by eeyore

I think (though i'm probably wrong) thast its said tram meet tees.

on nicks point you might have a point mate but if the forum was limited to only new topics not covered already we would be very short on new posts (look at how many "what lens for wildlife" type enquiries there are in the photo forum)

But I'm talking about a thread designed and crammed full of information regarding the pronunciation of fungi names

The thread is here and there is some useful information regarding how to use Latin;

Pronunciation of Fungi Terms and Names

Nick.

cybershot · #7 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

But I'm talking about a thread designed and crammed full of information regarding the pronunciation of fungi names

The thread is here and there is some useful information regarding how to use Latin;

Pronunciation of Fungi Terms and Names

Nick.

WOT ...KT use sources of reference at his disposal to verify information..that'll be the day

eeyore · #8 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

But I'm talking about a thread designed and crammed full of information regarding the pronunciation of fungi names

The thread is here and there is some useful information regarding how to use Latin;

Pronunciation of Fungi Terms and Names

Nick.

fair enough nick but ive just scrolled all the way through that thread and i cant see any mention of trametes.

perhaps you could put us out of our misery and tell us how its suposed to be said. ( you could also ask fungi john (or is that fun gee john

) or another mod to merge this thread with the other one.

NickCantle · #9 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eeyore

fair enough nick but ive just scrolled all the way through that thread and i cant see any mention of trametes.

perhaps you could put us out of our misery and tell us how its suposed to be said. ( you could also ask fungi john (or is that fun gee john

) or another mod to merge this thread with the other one.

I didn't say about Trametes, I said about Latin, of which rules you can apply to this particular species (or any other, for that matter.)

eeyore · #10 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I didn't say about Trametes, I said about Latin, of which rules you can apply to this particular species (or any other, for that matter.)

okay so to recap paul said this

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul mabbott

The rules are fairly simple:
- all vowels have two (long and short) sounds;
- consonants have only one sound and each sound has only one consonant (e.g. c cannot be 'k' and 's': it is always 'k' because s is 's'! ).
There are some confusing things including diphthongs (two vowels printed together but forming a sound not given by any simple consonants) and strange things brought through from Greek or tacked on by the Goths - thus ch is the Greek chi (can't do the character) but is pronounced as somewhere between 'k' and 'h' as with the Scottish ch (in loch).

To summarise:
a may be short 'a' as in pat; long 'a' as in harm
e may be short 'e' as in bet; long 'e' as in lay
i may be short 'i' as in pit; long 'i' as in peat
o may be short 'o' as in pot'; long 'o' as in coat'
u may be short 'u' as in hum; long 'us' as in room
ae is long as in 'die'
uu (I can't think of an English equivalent ) goes 'oou' (that is long and short 'u' and eventually turned into the post-Latin consonant 'w')

v pronounced 'w'
c pronounced 'k'
ph pronounced f (Greek) and others .....

so how do you pronounce trametes (A can be long or short , so can e) it doesnt lend itself to easy translation particularly for those of us who didnt do latin at school.

wouldnt life have been simpler (and more in keeping with the wab ethos) if someone had just answered KT's question in the first place.