Abstract
Cicero and Burkholderia cepacia: what's in a name?
Highlights
Said they unto him, Say Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right
Unlike horticulturalists, who have masterfully developed a large repertoire of common names for botanical species thereby avoiding the need for and potential mispronunciation of classical Greek and Latin, infectious disease specialists still rely on Greek and Latin bionomials
Everyday modern English is filled with examples of variant pronunciations that cause no communication problems
Summary
Said they unto him, Say Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Unlike horticulturalists, who have masterfully developed a large repertoire of common names for botanical species thereby avoiding the need for and potential mispronunciation of classical Greek and Latin, infectious disease specialists still rely on Greek and Latin bionomials. Everyday modern English is filled with examples of variant pronunciations that cause no communication problems (e.g., either, tomato, laboratory, fertile).
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