>I used to say "Bee-wick's" until I was corrected (rather nastily, I
>thought)......now I say "Buick's". If I run into him again, I plan to
>say "Thryomanes bewickii", with Italian-inflections.

A Buick is a car. "Bee-wick" was a naturalist for whom the wren was
named. So my ornithology professor professed.
--
Scott Richardson
NE Seattle
salix at halcyon.com