Yes Sid ji is right, 'C' in Latin is pronounced as 'K'
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rajesh, > > Good that you brought up this interesting question. Since we are not > native to English, we are comfortable calling it as "S"eropegia so far. But > the greek pronunciation goes with "k". I asked your question in another > group and an Asclep expert, Mike Haney, also gave the answer that it should > be pronounced with a "k". > > " > Keropegia. Good question, because our spelling rules teach us otherwise. > > Mike" > > Sid. > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> At Dave's >> botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Ceropegia>... >> *seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh* OR *ker-o-PEE-je-uh* -- From the Greek *keros*(wax) and >> *pege* (fountain), referring to the appearance of the flower clusters. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> yes, Muthu ji, indeed interesting . Until now, we all were pronouncing >>> it as *sero-pegia!* >>> >>> >>> On 10 September 2012 12:39, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting to hear Rajeshji, >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Rajesh Sachdev >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I come across an article on Wikipedia, which has generated a question >>>>> in my mind that "Is Ceropegia sero-pegia or kero-pegia?" >>>>> >>>>> Ceropegia is a genus of plants within the family Apocynaceae. It was >>>>> named by Carl Linnaeus, who first described this genus in volume 1 of his >>>>> Species plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the >>>>> flowers looked like a fountain of wax. From this the scientific name was >>>>> derived: ‘keros’ meaning wax and ‘pege’ meaning fountain (Pooley, 1998). >>>>> They have many common names including lantern flower, parasol flower, >>>>> parachute flower, bushman’s pipe, string of hearts, snake creeper, >>>>> wine-glass vine, rosary vine, and necklace vine. >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards >>>>> Rajesh Sachdev >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Muthu Karthick, N >>>> Care Earth Trust >>>> #15, second main road, >>>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>>> Chennai - 600 061 >>>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>>> www.careearthtrust.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Rajesh Sachdev >>> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
