Re: paleonet Re: Latin (written/pronounced): Greek really

["Robert L. Fleisher" <forams@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jere H. Lipps" wrote:

> Archaeo-pteryx  =  Greek for old wing (feather, etc)
>
> a:KI:'oPTeriKS
>
> The Oxford English Dictionary
> (http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00011437) gives the above
> pronunciation (well, not exactly, since I don't have all the symbols
> available and I hope I used what I had correctly).
>
> We should staple all this stuff together and at least get a paper out of
> it.  But then, who would ever publish it??

The pronunciation guide to which you provided a link indicated that
Chiroptera should be pronounced chi-ROP-ter-a.

Bob Fleisher
Houston, TX