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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Two facts you must keep in mind when discussing the
pronunciation of Latin in our period.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1. Nobody you have ever met has ever heard a medieval
person speaking Latin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>2.Over the entire European continent, over the course of
sixteen centuries from the height of Rome until the end of the Renaissance,
there were many, many ways that Latin was pronounced. (Roughly how many
ways is English pronounced today?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Some twenty+ years ago at BYU we were taught to
pronounce the Vs as Ws and our instructors made a very good case for that
pronounciation as being the ancient pronounciation. I just wish I could
remember what that case was. Old
age--ACK!<BR><BR>Melody<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>