Re: Clostridium difficile

Rosalind Mitchell wrote:

Am I AOU in finding the way newsreaders and others pronounce this?

That should have read

Am I AOU in finding the way newsreaders and others pronounce this[1] very
irritating?

Since when were such scientific names French rather than Latin?

Rosie

[1] ie diff-i-SEEL rather than diff-ICK-ee-lay

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