tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16608180.post595175973114873333..comments2023-04-10T14:29:56.153+01:00Comments on Raw Light: poetry & opinion since 2005: 'Leamophants' in LatinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16608180.post-20681894638706110742008-06-19T14:30:00.000+01:002008-06-19T14:30:00.000+01:00I'll tag this for follow-ups then -always interest...I'll tag this for follow-ups then -<BR/>always interested in linguistic oddities - though my main other languages are French and German and I tend to find living languages more accessible than ancient. I 'did' Latin in two years for 'O' Level (giving away my age now).aliqothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772663423845861022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16608180.post-91415504241253177562008-06-18T11:00:00.000+01:002008-06-18T11:00:00.000+01:00Can't find my external mic right now, so no sound ...Can't find my external mic right now, so no sound file available, though it's a good idea. Maybe later.<BR/><BR/>No, you don't pronounce Latin like Italian. Not officially, at any rate. I've heard people try that and it always sounds a bit too frivolous! Though you do pronounce every letter - unless it's part of a dipthong - so there are similarities with Italian.<BR/><BR/>There are various schools of thought about Latin pronunciation, but they tend to agree on most things. Hard 'c' is usual. I think stress tends to fall on the penultimate syllable. Some vowels are long, and are marked as such in most texts, but not here. There's a long-standing argument about 'v' versus 'u', but most people seem to come down on the all 'v's are 'u's side these days. If that makes any sense. (Though I still pronounce 'v' as 'v', mainly for aesthetic reasons.)<BR/><BR/>I'm finding it rather hard to explain the rules of pronunciation, interestingly enough. I started learning Latin when I was 12 - and I'm still learning it now!! - so I tend to pronounce most Latin words by instinct, without thinking specifically about rules. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps Bo can ride to my rescue here, since he's a trained classicist as well as medievalist, and teaches Latin - amongst other languages - at university level. <BR/><BR/>JxJane Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590668593487445482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16608180.post-26832272974902456352008-06-18T09:19:00.000+01:002008-06-18T09:19:00.000+01:00I'd love to hear the Latin read aloud - now, shoul...I'd love to hear the Latin read aloud - now, should be pronounced more like Italian? What's the current theory on this? Any chance of a sound file?aliqothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772663423845861022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16608180.post-256962509055198532008-06-09T08:40:00.000+01:002008-06-09T08:40:00.000+01:00That's delightful!xThat's delightful!<BR/>xBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333815636018847583noreply@blogger.com