[TN-Bird] "Plover" Pronunciation
- From: John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:27:48 -0400
Well, I know many of you have wondered and vacillated and worried
about the correct pronunciation of "plover." Is it "ploh-ver" as in
stove, drove, Rover, and Grover OR is it "pluh-ver" as in lover, cover,
hover, and glove?
So I went to my trusty dictionary to find out. At first, I realized
that it couldn't decide either since it accepted either pronunciation.
Then I realized we've all been wrong all this time.
The word is derived from the Latin "pluvia," meaning rain (as in the
Spanish "lluvia" for rain). Seems at some point these birds were know
as "rain-birds." Well, accepting the Latin "pluvia"--pronounced
"ploo-vee-uh"--I naturally realized that all this time we should have
been saying "ploo-ver," as in mover and prove.
So next time you see a Semipalmated Ploover, let's get the
pronunciation right!
Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, Roane Co., East TN
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