Re:Details on Protopteryx

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

    I agree completely.  The second "p" is not only to be  pronounced, but 
is the syllable that is emphasized:  pro-TOP-ter-yx.  Names like Lepidoptera 
and Coleoptera would sound very peculiar if this "p" were silent.
    The only silent "p" words I can think of are those which begin with 
"p", like pterosaur, pneumonia, psychologist, etc.
                            ------Ken
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> From: "calzola" <calzola@iol.it>
> Reply-To: calzola@iol.it
> To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Re:Details on Protopteryx
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:45:06 +0100
>
> I think the P should be pronounced, since  i've never been tought of the 
> opposite ( at school we study latin) and because i can't find any mention 
> of this particular use on my L-dictionary(mainly for this reason, ok;-).
>
> i also suppose that the word pteryx is greek (never studied Greek though) 
> and a derived form was used by Latins  ( for example the latin "Pteron"  is 
> surely derived from it[being written in the greek form too on the 
> dictionary], but is used in an architectural context).
>
> So  i'd say it would be correct to pronounce the P, but i hope someone else 
> has something to say on this because i'm surely not an expert.
>
> bye
>
>
> FC

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