'Jules Roussignihol' rose reviews and comments

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'Jules Roussignihol' rose Reviews & Comments

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Discussion id : 91-334 most recent 10 MAR 16 SHOW ALL

Initial post 6 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

scvirginia

I wonder if 'Roussingihol' could be a typo; only one reference has that spelling; there are several that spell it 'Roussignihol', which seems more French. The latter spelling is also more in line with 'Rossignol' which seems the most likely "correct name" since it's a reasonably common surname, even now.

A rossignol is a singing bird... possibly in the robin family?... and an archaic spelling for the bird is roussignol, so it's easy to see how the 'ou' could have replaced the 'o'. The substitution of 'ihol' for 'ol' is puzzling, however. Possibly a typo that got passed along?

Virginia

Reply #1 of 7 posted 8 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

Nightingale. That and alouette are the only bird names I remember in French.	REPLY

Reply #2 of 7 posted 8 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

scvirginia

Sure enough. Le Rossignol philomèle (Luscinia megarhynchos) = Common Nightingale. I blame Hans Christian Andersen for my thinking that nightingales were a Far Eastern species... I should have paid more attention to Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"... Virginia	REPLY

Reply #4 of 7 posted 9 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

"And the nightingales sang in Berkeley Square..."	REPLY

Reply #3 of 7 posted 9 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

jedmar

Roussingihol is definitely a typo. No one in France seems to have that surname. What is strange is that the typo was not corrected in later French publications. Both "Jules Rossignol" and "Jules Roussignol" seem to have existed.	REPLY

Reply #5 of 7 posted 9 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

scvirginia

Yes, it looks like 'Roussignihol' is a typo of 'Rossignol' (or 'Roussignol'), and 'Roussingihol' is a typo of 'Roussignihol'; I'm not sure if the extra typo was really in the 2000 reference, or if it could be due to an HMF volunteer with tired eyes. Virginia	REPLY

Reply #6 of 7 posted 9 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

Yes. Tired eyes. Corrected, thanks Virginia	REPLY

Reply #7 of 7 posted 10 MAR 16 by HMF supporting member

scvirginia

At least now we only have the one typo from long ago. I've got a bad case of tired eyes myself; just added a duplicate plant record. Virginia	REPLY