[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[James Handsfield]

I had a student many years ago who did not have the best command of English (she was Hispanic).  When studying trees of a particular region, she mentioned Pinus ponderosa.  Unfortunately, she pronounced the ‘i’ in Pinus as she would in Spanish, resulting in what sounded like Penis ponderosa.  Happily, everyone in the class seemed to understand and no one laughed.

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Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> A problem with trees, especially conifers is that the  nomenclature
> for them seems always to be in a state of flux, so what learned  as
> a Latin name for a species this year may not be the same next  year.