need botanical pronunciation pocket guide

I'm looking for a Latin pronunciation guide I can use in my flower garden. I know there are several online references but would like to have access to a book without having to print out multiple pages from the computer. Can anyone recommend a good easy to use book?

thnks,
pjo

I found this for you. Maybe it will help?

http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Introductio/Pronunciatio.html

Thanks for that and I've bookmarked it on my computer for reference - very nice. I've printed out some of it --- would still like a quick reference in book form that I can carry outside with botanical names and pronunciation. If you happen across anything let me know. I appreciate your reply.

pjo

I'll keep my eyes open. ☺

do your plants listen better when you pronounce it right? ; ^)

just yesterday heard Ag uh stash could also be A goss ta key

kwanjin - thanks -- sallyg - they probably do listen more closely as they try to understand what the heck I'm trying to say - LOL - I was thinking it might be a good mind exercise to learn to pronounce the Latin names correctly - of course, after taking several years of German I still struggle with that language so this may be interesting - I've heard mostly a goss TA key

I'm glad I didn't offend you. I'm all for mental exercise.

pjo,

The difficulty in America is that English is NOT a phonetic language. By "phonetic", I mean that any letter has the same pronunciation--no matter where or how it is used.
"a" is always "ah"------"e" is always as in egg---"i" is always as in "idiot"--etc.....
-The other thing to consider is which syllable of the word the accent should be on. In English--it seems to be the second syllable, but can also be the first or the last....
In many phonetic languages--it is always the first.

Basically--English is a "sloppy" language with very few rules. That is why it is hard, and easy, att he same time to learn.
-There is NO formal "You".
-There is NO word endings that denote past or future. Just "was" or "will be".
-Words do not change endings for masculine or feminine nouns.
-Formal and informal "you" also changes the endings on most verbs.
-We all use too many "slang" words here that mean NOTHING to someone from Europe--even if they speak the King's English perfectly. We also use too many idioms. An ididom is a collection of words that relays a certain meaning (if you know it) while the "collection of the words" does not mean anything at all to anyone hearing it.

Examples:
"Hanging around"------
"Raining cats and dogs"
"Don't sweat it!"
"He got nailed"
"Putting the cart before the horse"
"Hot to trot"....etc.

There are thousands and thousands of expressions we all use without thinking--and everyone knows what you mean. NOT so with anyone from another country!
Try to remember that when you are speaking to someone from oversees, or when you travel to other countries.

-Use only words that mean what they are.
-Speak slowly--pronounce every word
-Do not use any slang expressions. They mean nothing to people from other countries.
Even if they have learned English and speak it well--it is the KING'S English--NOT
the sloppy American English we use here.
-Try to "listen with an accent" to understand what they are saying to you
as word placement in sentences can differ a lot. Eg--verb before the noun or after?

And--if all else fails--I hope you are good at pantomime.

How and why do I know all this????? I have had to learn English from scratch!

SO! pjo--All you need to do is take a short course in pronouncing things PHONETICALLY--and Latin will be a breeze!

Hang loose--Chill out--(here are 2 more idioms!)

Gita

I have to admit I appreciated the German language because of the strict rules. At first, it was pretty intimidating esp. with the long words but I got pretty good at breaking them down and putting them back together as one word. My German instructor taught herself to speak American English and mentioned several times how difficult it was. Well, I'm off the the garden to chatter to my plants. I noticed them nodding several times yesterday. I hope it was just a slight breeze and they are not bored with me. : - )
pjo

They are nodding an agreement with your widom. I like to tell my plants when they're doing a good job.!

and what a good job mine are doing so far this year - this afternoon a steady rain set in and everything was opening up as I watched - it's still raining a nice steady rain - my sarvis trees are blooming and have been for about a week and we had our sarvis snow on the blossoms so I guess it's official ( old folk saying in WV - it always snows on the sarvis blossoms) it's a sleepy kind of evening - hope things are good for you in zone 7a