Re: Cómo se dice therapod y synapsid en español?

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting John Wilkins <john.s.wilkins@gmail.com>:


> I recall from studying Latin for ten minutes back in the 80s that  
> there had been a movement to reform Latin translation back in the  
> 30s, removing soft "g"s and "c"s, and so on. I was taught this, so  
> that I annoy every biologist I speak to.

Depends on the context.  If you're reading Caesar or Ovid, hard c's  
and g's are absolutely appropriate (differentiating long and short  
vowels would be nice, too, but that's a whole other kettle of fish).   
If you're singing, Italian Latin pronunciation is standard, though the  
group I sing with is currently doing Mozart's Requiem and Missa Brevis  
in F using German Latin pronunciation.  If you're at a paleontology  
conference, muddling through in Englishoid Latin is fine.

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Nicholas J. Pharris