[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[Marion Thompson]

I once got myself into deep water in Latin class when I was asked to 
conjugate 'rapere'.  Phonetically I said.
Rap-eo; Rap-era; Rape-y; Raped-us

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/22/2015 11:31 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/22/2015 10:15:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jhandsfield at att.net writes:
>
> 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.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>   
>   
> I ordinarily pronounce Latin in the Italianate manor with the single
> exception of the genus Pinus for the obvious reason.
>   
> I have the Mirov tome,  "The Genus Pinus," which my ex-wife
> quickly dubbed (you guessed it) "The Genius P___s."
>   
> There was a USA National Pinetum (arboretum of pines) at
> Placerville, CA, but from what I can find, it no longer has
> federal support.  There appears to be the pine collection, but
> who's taking care of it is unknown to me.  I wonder how safe
> the area is from the current CA forest fires.
>   
>   
> David Strang.
>