Talk:Oxalis pes-caprae

i know in some parts of california its named lemon grass. Obviously a misnomer, but nonetheless —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.120.181.224 (talk) 19:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Afrikaans

In the waterblommetjiebredie article, it refers to its Afrikaans name as "suuring", whereas in this article it says "Suring". Which should we opt with? Thanks. Pteronura brasiliensis 18:25, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notice. I have gone and corrected the spelling in the bredie article. For reasons not relevant here, the pronunciation is unaffected by the single or double "u", (the parent word "suur" meaning "sour" is spelt like that and the vowels pronounced exactly the same way). However, certain spelling conventions require dropping the second "u" in derivations where the first letter after the terminal consonant is another vowel.

So much for the rule. However, sometimes funny exceptions occur, so I went and checked no less than four authoritative sources published over a rather wide time range, and every one gave the spelling "suring" as the only option. No possibility of alternatives even was mentioned. In case you need the refs, let me know, otherwise I won't fash you or myself with them. JonRichfield (talk) 19:54, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]