Just looked at the ge-s in the dictionary and amongst the first are gear, geek and gecko. So ge doesn’t always mean a soft g. JL On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 08:09 Casimir Liber <casliber0134@gmail.com> wrote: In English the 'G' would be soft, hence 'J' as initial sound. I have never heard anyone pronounce … Read more

In English the 'G' would be soft, hence 'J' as initial sound. I have never heard anyone pronounce it with a hard 'G' Cas On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:47 PM Richard Nowotny <richard.nowotny@bigpond.com> wrote: This pronunciation question seems to have been a contentious subject for Australian birders since the common name of the … Read more

Ha, thought you going to say it should be pronounced kisticola (which it should, because of the derivation from Greek kistos (=Cistus, Rock Rose), but the pronunciation sisticola is now well established. Anyway, as it the endings of words, we tend to pronounce these much less carefully than the beginnings of words because recognition of … Read more

And how about cisticola – some pronounce it to rhyme with Coca Cola, bot I end if "kerla" Virus-free. www.avast.com On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 06:35, calyptorhynchus <calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote: f you’re going to go on about the Greek derivation as your source does then it doesn’t make sense to recommend jer-rig-onee as (ancient) Greek … Read more

f you’re going to go on about the Greek derivation as your source does then it doesn’t make sense to recommend jer-rig-onee as (ancient) Greek doesn’t have a ‘j’ sound (and the two gammas in the word should be pronounced alike). Therefore gur-rig-a-nee is logical. JL On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 23:47 Richard Nowotny … Read more