Re: R: Sapeornis

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:03:30  
 calzola wrote:
>Being these(Sape-) the initials for something, I guess there may be actually
>some problems in deciding how to pronounce the whole name....spelling the
>first  4 letters individually may be a "bit" exaggerate(and way too time
>consuming), but I don't know if english/american speaking people pronounce
>these composed words as if they were "one-piece" words or what ......
>
>As an Italian I pronounce it as I read it i.e. Sah-peh-or-nis (actually I
>wouldn't need those hs, but it's just to let you understand).
>
>Almost certainly a useless contribution, I know...
>

Although it was a neat move to name the specimen after the Society of Avian 
Paleontology and Evolution, I suppose it will cause _a lot_ of problems, 
especially with those who don't speak English.  

SAPE, as an acronym, is prouounced "sa pe" with a long a and a short e, AFAIK, 
like in "sapient" or "sapientia" (everything up to the long e sound).

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Steve

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